A POLISH man who along with his parents kept several men as slave workers in Britain has fled to Ireland.
A European manhunt has been launched for Krystian Parczewski, 29, his father Dariusz, 48, and mother Bozena, 47, who were convicted in their absence for forced labour and fraud at Nottingham Crown Court.
The family forced seven Polish men to live in two filthy caravans and wash in an unheated garage while they enjoyed the comfort of their luxurious home nearby.
The trio used the men’s identity documents and bank details to fraudulently claim benefits between 2010 and 2014.
They made one of the men work in a Sports Direct warehouse, confiscating his wages to fund their own lavish lifestyles.
Police believe that Dariusz and Bozena Parczewski fled to their native Poland just days before their trial.
Krystian fled by ferry to Northern Ireland on June 12 this year.
Dariusz Parczewski is believed to have fled to Poland (Picture: Nottinghamshire Police)Nottinghamshire Police say they are working with the CPS to pursue a European arrest warrant and are liaising with the Polish authorities via Interpol.
They have released video footage of the inside of the home owned by family in Aspley, Nottingham.
It shows the front garden decked out with statues just yards away from two rundown caravans where the seven slave workers lived in squalid conditions.
In one of the bedrooms, adorned with lavish floral displays, the word 'Versace' is stencilled in large writing above the bed.
Walls can be seen plastered with leopard print wallpaper, while silver ornaments cram a mantelpiece beneath a large flat screen TV.
Meanwhile, harrowing footage taken inside the two dilapidated caravans shows the horror conditions where the men were made to sleep.
The Nottinghamshire Police investigation found that the family targeted men with previous convictions or the homeless and threatened to harm them if they did not comply.
The men had one toilet and had to wash in a garage where there was no heating.
Dariusz Parczewski is also wanted (Picture: Nottinghamshire Police)One of the victims said he met the family in Poland and was promised he would be housed and given work in Britain earning up to £260 a week.
But when he arrived he was made to live in a caravan and was forced to give the family over half of his cash.
Bozena was found guilty of three counts of benefit frauds and one of making a man undertake forced labour.
Dariusz was found guilty of forced labour between February 2013 and March 2014 as well as three charges of benefit fraud.
Krystian was convicted of two charges of fraud.
DI Gareth Harding, who led the investigation, said: "This was an extremely complicated investigation that required some painstaking work to untangle the web of deceit in relation to the benefit claims.
“All these links led back to the family. These defendants exploited individuals and the benefit system at a time when the country was suffering from the financial crisis and subsequent austerity.
“They made substantial financial gains from the labour of others and the abuse of the benefits system.”
He added: "This conviction further reinforces the fact that Nottinghamshire Police is determined to combat modern slavery in all its forms and ensure that we make Nottinghamshire a difficult environment for these criminals to operate in."
