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| David Daniel Doran pleads guilty to forced labour charge | David Daniel Doran pleads guilty to forced labour charge |
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| A horse farmer accused of making a vulnerable man work unpaid for 13 years has pleaded guilty midway through his trial. | A horse farmer accused of making a vulnerable man work unpaid for 13 years has pleaded guilty midway through his trial. |
| David Daniel Doran, 42, admitted making homeless Darrell Simester, from Kidderminster, perform forced or compulsory labour from April 2010-13. | David Daniel Doran, 42, admitted making homeless Darrell Simester, from Kidderminster, perform forced or compulsory labour from April 2010-13. |
| Judge Neil Bidder QC said this was "a case of 13 years of exploitation". | Judge Neil Bidder QC said this was "a case of 13 years of exploitation". |
| His father Daniel Doran, 67, who faced the same charge, was formally found not guilty at Cardiff Crown Court. | His father Daniel Doran, 67, who faced the same charge, was formally found not guilty at Cardiff Crown Court. |
| Mr Simester lived in squalid conditions at Cariad Farm near Newport. He lived in a shed which had rats and no washing facilities. | Mr Simester lived in squalid conditions at Cariad Farm near Newport. He lived in a shed which had rats and no washing facilities. |
| Fractured hip | |
| He ate two meals a day on his own in the outbuilding and for more than a decade he was not given soap and never used a toothbrush. | He ate two meals a day on his own in the outbuilding and for more than a decade he was not given soap and never used a toothbrush. |
| "I used the horse trough to have a wash," Mr Simester told the jury. | "I used the horse trough to have a wash," Mr Simester told the jury. |
| The 44-year-old told the court he carried on working the day after he fractured his hip. | The 44-year-old told the court he carried on working the day after he fractured his hip. |
| Judge Bidder told the jury there was no direct evidence of threats of violence towards Mr Simester. | Judge Bidder told the jury there was no direct evidence of threats of violence towards Mr Simester. |
| Defending Doran, Nick Barraclough told the court that he is a "man of good character, with no previous convictions". | |
| 'Horrific state' | |
| The court heard that Mr Simester had gone missing in 2000 after taking a seaside trip to Porthcawl. | |
| He told the jury that he was walking along a dual carriageway near Taffs Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, when he met Thomas Doran, another son of Daniel Doran, who offered him work at his father's farm in Peterstone, Newport. | |
| A Facebook campaign and press coverage led to a police tip-off that he was being held at the farm and his family travelled there in 2013. | |
| The jury heard that Mr Simester's family struggled to recognise him when they tracked him down in a "horrific state" with a chest infection, a hernia and calloused feet. | |
| Mr Hipkin told the court Mr Simester's own brother didn't recognise him when he first arrived on the farm. | |
| The crown decided not to pursue the case against Daniel Doran. | The crown decided not to pursue the case against Daniel Doran. |
| Prosecutor John Hipkin said: "We have considered the case in consultation with the Simester family and the chief crown prosecutor and the crown will not seek a verdict against the first defendant." | Prosecutor John Hipkin said: "We have considered the case in consultation with the Simester family and the chief crown prosecutor and the crown will not seek a verdict against the first defendant." |
| Sentencing was adjourned for reports to be compiled. | Sentencing was adjourned for reports to be compiled. |