Six people have been charged with crimes including raping, assaulting and threatening to kill an Indian woman allegedly trafficked into Britain.
The suspects, including a computer entrepreneur, a butcher, a supermarket manager and a female optician, are accused of a total of 17 offences.
The six, who are of Indian origin, are all charged with trafficking the 37-year-old woman into the UK for exploitation.
Shanaz Begum, 56, a shop worker, faces two counts.
Her husband Enkarta Balapovi, a 53-year-old butcher from St John’s Wood, is also accused of five counts of rape.
A second couple, Shashi Kala Obhrai, 53, an optician, and her husband Balram Kumar Obhrai, 58, a computer entrepreneur, of Northwood in north-west London, are both also charged with threatening to kill the woman.
Mrs Obhrai faces a further charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on her.
Aleemuddin Mohammed, 34, a supermarket manager from Harrow, is charged with sexual assault.
His ex-wife Shamina Yousuf, a 32-year-old secretary from Edgware, is charged with ABH.
They will all appear at Westminster magistrates’ court on June 7.
