"Police said they endured years of emotional abuse and were victims of “invisible handcuffs” that trapped them in the Lambeth house."

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"What we have uncovered so far is a complicated and disturbing picture of emotional control over many years, brainwashing would be the most simplest term, yet that belittles the years of emotional abuse these victims have had to endure.

"We believe at this stage to the outside world this may have appeared to be a 'normal' family"

Mr Rodhouse said the force had uncovered a “complicated and disturbing picture of emotional control over many years — brainwashing would be a simple term for it”. It is believed that the two suspects are Asian and that the 30-year-old victim is the daughter of one of the other victims."

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"The couple suspected of keeping three women as slaves for 30 years used cult-like techniques to brainwash their victims, it has been claimed.

The extraordinary psychological control they exerted meant the three were kept captive in ‘invisible handcuffs’. Local politicians and community leaders briefed on the case compared their ordeal to people trapped in a religious cult."

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So, have we gone mainstream yet?