Saturday, January 12, 2019

Tex. Couple Kept African Girl as Slave for 16 Yrs.; Convicted of Forced Labor, Face 20 Yrs. in Prison

A couple who enslaved a West African girl at their home in Texas for 16 years have been convicted by a federal jury, the Independent (British) website reports today (January 12, 2019).

Mohamed Toure, the son of Guinea's first president Ahmed Sekou Toure, and his wife Denise Cros-Toure arranged for the child to travel to the U.S. when she was only five years old.

They forced her to cook, clean, and look after their biological children without pay, beat and whipped her, and called her a "dog" and a "slave." The girl managed to escape from the home in Southlake with the help of concerned neighbors in 2016.

Toure and his wife now face a maximum of 20 years in prison after being found guilty of forced labor, conspiracy to commit alien harboring, and alien harboring.

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