LIVING in squalid, filthy caravans and surviving on scraps of leftover food, they endured a life of terror. Beaten and threatened with death, vulnerable victims of Britain's most evil family were forced to work around the clock as their slave masters lived a life of luxury. 10 Inside a squalid caravan where one of the Rooney victims lived Credit: SWNS:South West News Service 10 This run-down caravan became a makeshift home for a terrified victim Credit: SWNS:South West News Service 10 Top row, from left: Bridget Rooney, Gerald Rooney, John Rooney, 53, John Rooney, 31, (middle row, from the left) Lawrence Rooney, Martin Rooney, 35, Martin Rooney Snr, Martin Rooney, 23, (bottom row, from the left) Patrick Rooney, 54, Patrick Rooney, 31, and Peter Doran Credit: PA:Press Association The Rooney family - travellers worth an astonishing £4million - enjoyed holidays to Barbados, Australia , Egypt and Mexico , drove high-performance BMWs, underwent cosmetic surgery and spa days and even shelled out on Manchester United soccer school sessions.
Their lavish lifestyle was earned off the backs of 18 slaves forced to labour for their businesses, repairing properties and tarmacking drives. Police originally identified as many as 60 potential victims - with one told to dig his own grave if he didn’t sign a bogus work contract. Eleven members of the twisted family were jailed in 2017 with sentences totalling 79 years.
It emerged this week that one of the Rooneys' victims - held for almost .