Two brothers kept their mum and sister as slaves for 18 months forcing them to wash in a bucket before beating one so badly she thought she would die

TWO brothers kept their mum and sister as slaves in their own home during an “appalling and disgraceful” 18-month period of abuse.

Faisal Hussein, 25, and Arbaaz Ahmed, 19, admitted keeping the pair captive in Bradford, West Yorks., and launching a violent attack on their sister that the judge said was “almost unimaginable”.

The women were forbidden from turning on taps, allowed only a bucket of water to wash in and were given just one pound a month to spend on essential sanitary products, Bradford Crown Court was told.

Judge Jonathan Rose told the defendants the two women “were essentially your slaves”.

He said: “It culminated in a violent assault upon your own sister which is almost unimaginable to any decent human being.”

The judge said the assault on their sister involved “absolutely appalling violence.”

The brothers used the buckle of a belt, a wooden spoon and a shoe during the brutal sustained attack.

The offence was “so appalling in all its viciousness and all its cruelty” that the court was justified in raising it to the highest category.

Hussein and Ahmed, both of Bradford, had pleaded guilty to assaulting 30-year-old Ruhee Hussein, 30, on May 16 this year.

They also admitted using controlling and coercing behaviour on her and their mother, Nasara Hussein, 53, between January 1, 2016 and May 16, 2017.

Prosecutor Abdul Shakoor said the abuse started after two months and involved every aspect of the complainants’ lives.

The women were also threatened with violence and lived in fear of being attacked.

On the day of the assault, Ruhee felt unwell but was made to clean the bathroom and was not allowed any breakfast.

She was then ordered into the living room, where both brothers slapped her hard around the head, face and ear, prosecutors said.

Ahmed then armed himself with a metal-buckled belt, wrapped it round his hand and struck his sister with the buckle.

He also hit her so hard with a wooden spoon that it broke, while Hussein struck her with her own shoe.

Ahmed kicked his sister to the floor, where they continued to punch and slap her, leaving her in excruciating pain that convinced her she was going to die.

She was thrown out of the house and was seen in a distressed state by a member of the public who contacted police.

Ahmed’s barrister, Nick Worsley, said the teenager had witnessed similar contact between his father and female members of the family, which may have made such behaviour appear acceptable.

He said he would do anything to make up for his mistakes and promised to do nothing like it again.

Andrea Parnham, representing Hussein, said he was utterly ashamed and sorry for what he had done.

Hussein was jailed for 32 months and Ahmed was sentenced to the same time in youth custody.

Both were made subject of a five-year restraining order prohibiting them from contacting the complainants.

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