Four Cardiff men to face kidnap and assault trial

Four Cardiff men have appeared in court on charges of kidnap and causing actual bodily harm.

The four from the Rumney area of the city appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

The men, aged between 33 and 58, were granted bail and sent for trial at Newport Crown Court on 4 June.

They were all arrested as part of Gwent Police's Operation Imperial investigation looking into modern day slavery and forced labour.

Patrick Joseph Connors, 58, has been charged with two offences of kidnap and four offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Patrick Dean Connors, 38, and Lee Carbis, 33, have both been charged with kidnap and William Connors, 35, has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.