Call this justice? Family of millionaire travellers who kept homeless men as slaves in filthy caravans are ALL out of jail and back at work – while 15 of their victims have died without ever getting compensation [Video]

05:44 EDT 12 Aug 2024, updated 05:45 EDT 12 Aug 2024

A family of millionaire travellers jailed for keeping vulnerable men for years as modern slaves are out of jail and back in business paving driveways, MailOnline can reveal.

The Rooney family sparked a national wave of revulsion in 2017 when they received sentences of up to 15 years for imprisoning mostly homeless men, beating them and giving them scraps to eat as they were used as forced labourers in their site in Lincolnshire.

This week the first of their victims to be awarded compensation was given £352,000 after suing the government for denying him adequate compensation through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

But the legal process took so long that 15 other men held as slaves have died while waiting for a just payment – and the 11 members of the Rooney gang have all been released in the meantime.

Some of the run-down buildings where the Rooneys held their …