An Oxfordshire woman has been named by police and charged with three modern slavery offences.
Lydia Mugambe, aged 49, of Lyne Road, Kidlington, has been charged with one count of conspiring to do an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-UK national.
Sources say the lady involved in the slavery charges is former High Court judge in Kampala Lydia Mugambe. She is reported to be studying her PhD in the United Kingdom.
The 49-year-old was also charged with one count of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation.
Her final charge is one count of requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour.
A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: “We have charged a woman in connection with a modern slavery investigation in Oxfordshire.
“The charges were authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service and are in connection with a modern slavery investigation involving one victim.”
A trial is set to take place at Oxford Crown Court on Monday, February 10, 2025, listed for three weeks.
Mugambe was charged with the offences on Wednesday, August 7 this year.
