Family Jailed For Forcing Women Into Sex Work

A family of four from Bolton has been jailed for trafficking two Hungarian 'slaves' who were beaten and forced into prostitution.

The first victim was beaten daily, frequently left to starve and rarely allowed more than three hours sleep a night.

The family refused to let her eat using the same plates and cutlery as them, believing her to be dirty.

She was severely malnourished, lost a quarter of her body weight in a year and was left with numerous long-term injuries as a result of her treatment.

Pictures of the victims were posted on a website advertising their services as sex workers with potential customers calling a mobile number owned by both Ferenc Dardai Snr, 19, and Daniel Dardai, 22, of Spa Road, Bolton.

Clients would attend a separate address rented by the family specifically for prostitution or the women would be driven to clients' homes by Ferenc Dardai Snr, 42, and the others with Melania Kiraly, 42, collecting the money.

Neither victim received payment and the money was spent by the family on drugs or in casinos.

Dardai Snr told one of the victims that if she alerted the police her young son back in Hungary would be harmed or even killed.

Bolton Crown Court heard that the second victim, who is 21, was forced into prostitution to "support the family".

The court heard that when she became pregnant that Daniel Dardai would punch her in the stomach in an attempt to cause a miscarriage.

Police officers called at the family's home earlier this year following information "from the community".

They noticed that the behaviour of the two victims stood out immediately and that they were gaunt and timid.

Senior investigating officer Detective Inspector Neil Blackwood of Greater Manchester Police said: "The treatment these poor women suffered at the hands of these offenders is nothing short of barbaric.

"These women were a commodity to these offenders, they served no other purpose than to earn money to fund a lifestyle of drugs and gambling."

Daniel and Ferenc Jnr are brothers. Ferenc Snr and Melania Kiraly are their parents.

The defendants were jailed for a total of 17 years.