Vic: Jury discharged in case where woman treated as slave

AAP General News (Australia)
02-06-2004
Vic: Jury discharged in case where woman treated as slave

MELBOURNE, Feb 6 AAP - The judge presiding over the case of Graeme John Slattery, who
allegedly abused a mother-of-two and kept her like a slave, today discharged the jury
and ordered a retrial to start on Monday.

Slattery, 42, formerly of Warrnambool, has pleaded not guilty to 69 charges, including
rape, 10 counts of indecent assault, 20 counts of intentionally causing injury and 34
counts of assault.

The woman, who allegedly was subjected to slave-like treatment and who cannot be identified
for legal reasons, was …