Indian brought to UK 'worked for 11p an hour'

A woman recruited from India to be a domestic servant for a family in the UK, and who was awarded almost £184,000 in unpaid wages after being paid 11p an hour, has told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she worked "all day and all night".

Last month, a groundbreaking employment tribunal found Permila Tirkey, 39, had been discriminated against because of her "low caste." It heard she had been recruited by Pooja and Ajay Chandhok because they wanted someone "servile".

"I worked all day and all night, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's because the children often woke up at night; they wanted milk, food, a drink of water, so I had to get up and make that for them," she said.

The family, who lived in Milton Keynes, had said they would pay her 5,000 rupees a month (£50), which was what she would have earned in Delhi. She said she did not question it as she did not know what level pay should be in the UK.

The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:15-11:00 BST on BBC Two and BBC News Channel.