A Samoan chief on trial for human trafficking and slavery says a nine-foot fence around his property was to keep his family safe from the Mongrel Mob, not to lock people in.
Sixty-five-year-old Hastings man, Joseph Matamata, who denies 24 charges of human trafficking and slavery over a 26-year-period, today gave evidence in the High Court in Napier as the defence opened its case.
Anusha Bradley was there and filed this report.
