According to a note issued by the District Attorney General's Office (PGD) of Porto, to which Lusa had access on 6 November, the MP says there are indications that the defendants kept, between 2010 and 2017, the victim living near a pen, fed "with a piece of bread, with salted chorizo ??and a bottle of water mixed with wine lees," without ever being paid to save a flock.

The MP filed, on 22 October, charges against the men and women, without revealing the relationship between them, for “trafficking in persons for the purpose of labour exploitation, taking advantage of the weakness of people to use it as labour without any monetary consideration and prohibited gun possession”.

According to PGD, the defendants hired a man without family support in 2010 and in special condition of fragility, on their behalf, in Alfândega da Fé, to serve as pastor, in exchange for 100 Euros per month, tobacco, food and accommodation”.

The defendants accommodated the victim “in a space in the cellar at ground level, adjoining a pig pen” he adds.

The prosecutor's office found that the now accused "had (the victim) herd a flock of sheep and goats made up of about 40 animals seven days a week and ten hours a day."

He was "invariably given lunch made up of a piece of bread with salted chorizo ??and a bottle of water mixed with wine lees that never gave him any monetary consideration for the service rendered, namely the agreed one."

The Public Prosecutor's Office also concluded that this situation lasted seven years, until May 2017, and that during this period the condition of man was degrading.

The victim was, as the note reads, “forbidden to use toilets and forced to use a bucket” and saw “his health neglected for not being provided any medical care”.

The MP also states that the prosecution wants the defendants to be sentenced to pay the state the amount of "51 thousand Euros" corresponding to the equity advantage they obtained with the commission of this crime.

The Public Prosecution Service points out that the victim may also claim his or her rights, including compensation, in the process that will now follow legal proceedings until trial.