Cafe ‘slave’ wanted to work long hours, claims boss

A cafe owner accused of forcing a student to work at her Tube station cafe for two years told a court she had to beg the woman to go home at night. Lina Thakrar, 51, and Praful Thakrar, 54, allegedly made the woman slave for up to 15 hours a day in the Espresso cafe on the Jubilee Line concourse at Stratford Station. The couple paid her just £3.50 an hour and timed her toilet breaks while she was on…