‘I was blackmailed by the Omani defence minister’

The Omani minister of defence has been ordered to come to London to face charges of slavery and blackmail brought by a Filipino housemaid. Badr bin Saud Harib Al Busaidi and Brigadier Salim Nasir Al Qasimi, of the Royal Navy of Oman faces a private prosecution by Sandra Yermo Palomata. She claims Mr Al Qasimi has her passport, preventing her from leaving Oman, and blackmailed her to pay for its return. Neither reside in the UK, and Ms Palomata has…