Inside the squalid caravan where 'parasite' kept 35p-an-hour slaves he trafficked from Europe
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A victim of a man who trafficked vulnerable people from the Czech Republic to the UK to work for next to no money has spoken of his horrendous ordeal.
Rudolph Csorba was trafficked by Miloslav Bily who is now starting a prison sentence for bringing five men over to work for him, keeping them in squalid conditions and pocketing their wages.
Mr Csorba, 52, has given an emotional video interview where he talked about his experiences.
The video also shows CCTV footage of Mr Csorba arriving in the UK with nothing but the clothes he is wearing but is still made to carry Bily's bags.
The trafficker had travelled to the country to recruit workers.
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Mr Csorba said: “In a nutshell, while I was working for him, we had to go to work from 9am to 7pm.
“We had to go to work every single day, except Sunday. When we refused, he said we had to because he needed more people.
“It seemed like he knew a lot of people around Derby who could offer the work. When he showed me my room I could see that the room was unfurnished with just three or four mattresses.
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“There were three of us altogether," he continued. "One of us had a perfect room, in my view, because it was furnished.
"The other two...we had to live in rooms where there were just these mattresses. The whole house was dirty.
“We weren’t paid a single penny. When I had been there for about 20 days, I asked him where is the money I have been earning. He said he didn't have any.
“But when I went to work that day, I could see he was paying cash in hand to someone. So I asked him to stop the car because I was in pain.”
Mr Csorba said he felt scared when he realised what was happening to him at the property in Derby.
He said: "When I saw this, I could see the situation I was in but I couldn’t do anything and I was terrified of what would happen.
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“I had no money on me so there was nothing I could do," he continued.
“I wasn’t happy in the house because it was so unhygienic so I asked to stay in the caravan instead. It wasn’t great but at least I could have a shower.
"One day, when he was taking us to work, I confronted him again about money and he said he didn’t have any and I got out of the car and started walking.
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“A Ukrainian woman found me and got me some water and said she was going to call an ambulance.
"When the paramedic saw me, she said she recognised what had happened to me and she called the police.
"They came straight away and I told them what had happened to me. When I was with the police, I didn’t feel frightened anymore."
Judge Cooke jailed Bily for 45 months, describing him as a “parasitic individual” and the crimes as “corrupt and manipulative”.
He said it was not “not low pay, it was no pay”.