Joshua Amissah got up from his seat in the witness box and stepped away from the interpreter by his side.

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The end was drawing near in a nine-year fight for justice, in a case of modern slavery on a Scottish fishing trawler.

The 40-year-old Ghanaian walked a few steps to the corner of the silent court room, crouched and covered his face. He was composing himself.

"He said that his father had told him that any black person he worked with, he must treat that person as a slave."

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Amissah had been employed aboard the Sea Lady - a vessel owned and operated by the Annan-based TN Trawlers.

He told the jury at Hamilton Sheriff Court of the time he had confronted his skipper over his poor treatment.

The company owner was Thomas Nicholson. The skipper in the dock was his son, Tom Jr.

On Monday, Nicholson admitted breaching a human trafficking court order in a Scottish legal first.

Just days earlier, his son Tom Jr admitted failing to provide adequate food and rest to five Ghanaian fishermen while he was a skipper at TN Trawlers.

It comes after a three-year investigation by the BBC into claims of mistreatment of migrant fishermen by the firm over a decade.

📰 Source: BBC Africa