Couple Get 7 Years in Prison Each for Enslaving Guinean Girl

Couple Get 7 Years in Prison Each for Enslaving Guinean Girl
Mohamed Toure (L) and Denise Cros-Toure, a Fort Worth couple accused of enslaving a Guinean woman for 16 years. Tarrant County Sheriff's Department via AP
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FORT WORTH, Texas—A suburban Fort Worth couple has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison each for enslaving a Guinean woman for 16 years.

A federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, sentenced Mohamed Touré and Denise Cros-Touré each to two seven-year terms and one five-year term, all sentences to be served concurrently. The couple must also serve three years of supervised release upon completion of their prison terms and pay their victim $288,000 in restitution. They also will be deported to Guinea.