Meanwhile, one the prominent reasons for emotion-provoking assistance in migration continues and please note,
this in Britain. This Sky News article obviously has a caveat in its explanation up-front and at the end of the article
to make sure the reader steers clear of the true reality of modern-day slavery.
Just another example of the low standards of London.
One may notice Mr Ekweremadu is a Nigerian Senator and yet has an address in northwest London.
this in Britain. This Sky News article obviously has a caveat in its explanation up-front and at the end of the article
to make sure the reader steers clear of the true reality of modern-day slavery.
Just another example of the low standards of London.
Quote:Nigerian politician, wife and medical 'middleman' jailed for organ harvesting plotArchived Sky News Article:
The case marked the first time defendants have been convicted under the Modern Slavery Act of an organ harvesting
conspiracy. Though it is lawful to donate a kidney, it becomes criminal if money or another material advantage is
rewarded.
Ike Ekweremadu. The Wife. The Donor. The Daughter. The Doctor.
'A Nigerian senator, his wife and a medical "middleman" have been jailed for conspiring to traffic a market trader to the
UK to harvest his kidney. Politician Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, stood trial accused of a conspiracy
to bring the man to Britain from Lagos so he could provide an organ for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia Ekweremadu.
The couple, along with medical "middleman" Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were found guilty in the Old Bailey in March.
Sonia Ekweremadu - who has a serious kidney condition - wept in court as she was cleared of the same charge.
At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife Beatrice was
sentenced to four years and six months in prison, while Obeta received a 10-year prison term. Mr Justice Johnson
told the defendants: "In each of your cases the offence you committed is so serious that neither a fine nor a
community sentence can be justified."
It was alleged the 21-year-old market trader was to be rewarded for donating the organ in an £80,000 private procedure
at London's Royal Free Hospital. The prosecution claimed the donor, who cannot be identified for legal reason, was
offered up to £7,000 along with the promise of a better life in the UK. [The donor is David Nwamini]
The donor did not understand until his first appointment with a consultant at the hospital that he was there for a kidney
transplant, the Old Bailey was told. According to the consultant, he had a "limited understanding" of why he was there
and was "visibly relieved" at being told the operation would not go ahead.
It was claimed the man was falsely presented as Sonia Ekweremadu's cousin in a failed attempt to persuade medics
to carry out the procedure at the Royal Free Hospital. On the question of harm to the victim, the judge said:
"The transplant did not go ahead but each intended that it should go ahead and you each intended the harm to the
donor that would result.
"He would have faced spending the rest of his life with only one kidney and without the requisite funding for the required
aftercare." He added that the risks had not been properly explained to the victim and there had been no consent "in any
meaningful sense".
The Ekweremadus, who have an address in Willesden Green, northwest London, and Dr Obeta, from Southwark, south
London, had denied the charge against them. Sonia Ekweremadu, who takes dialysis weekly, declined to give evidence
but it was said on her behalf she knew nothing of a reward offered to donors.
The case marked the first time defendants have been convicted under the Modern Slavery Act of an organ harvesting
conspiracy. While it is lawful to donate a kidney, it becomes criminal if money or another material advantage is
rewarded...'
One may notice Mr Ekweremadu is a Nigerian Senator and yet has an address in northwest London.
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