'My heart is broken': Woman kept as slave tells her story

NEWS: A woman who was kept as a slave has told a Sydney court she will live with the scars of her captivity for the rest of her life.

Rungnapha Kanbut (right) leaves the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney in April.

Rungnapha Kanbut (right) leaves the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney in April. Source: AAP

A Thai woman who was kept as a slave has told a Sydney court her "heart is broken" and she "will live with the scars" for the rest of her life.

The woman, who can't be named for legal reasons, wept quietly as an interpreter read out her victim impact statement at a sentencing hearing for Rungnapha "Lisa" Kanbut, who kept her and another Thai woman as slaves.

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Published 9 September 2019 10:31am
Updated 9 September 2019 10:44am
By AAP-SBS
Presented by Parisuth Sodsai
Source: AAP, SBS


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