27/05/2016 BBC Wales Today

Tonight's headlines: These men were jailed for 'modern slavery'.

Their victim tells us how he was beaten, controlled

And after his rape conviction was quashed, former Wales

international football Ched Evans will face a retrial in October.

For more than two decades he was kept a slave,

controlled, beaten and kidnapped when he managed to escape.

Now, after these three men were convicted of forcing him

to work against his will, Michael Hughes has spoken

about his experience for the first time.

Caroline Evans has this exclusive report.

For legal reasons we're not allowed to show his face and his words

are spoken by a member of our production team.

He arrived in Cardiff looking for a better life,

took up the offer of work but what happened is

He says he was traded from one person to another.

They just confided in themselves and said, look, I've got

How much are you going to give me for him?

They always promised better and better but they said

they would get me somewhere to live, nice caravan

But I ended up in a garden shed.

Tell me about the types of conditions that you lived

I stayed in a garden shed till it was rotted away.

No toilet. No running water.

If I needed the toilet, I had to go in a field.

Last week, three men were convicted of forcing Michael Hughes

The judge at Cardiff Crown Court told them he had been

Paddy Connors he said, had kidnapped him

in order to bring his slave back to him.

I was bundled into the boot of a car and taken all the way

I was brought back to exactly the same place

it took me five days to get away from there.

I never had a life. I tried escaping.

They said, you try escaping again, we will get rid of you, and no

It's just you don't feel like anything really,

Chief Superintendent Paul Griffiths, who led the investigation, said

supporting victims is a priority for the officers involved.

They are crimes of a serious nature that occurred in our society

but in my experience, I cannot recall a crime occurring

for such a long period of time and that has certainly affected

the officers concerned, in terms of how they felt towards the victim,

the support that was necessary and to make sure the offenders

Michael Hughes said he shared his story with me to give others hope.

If there are any others out there, please come forward

because the police will believe your story.

I didn't think I would ever get any help.

It took me 26 years to come across but they will help you.

That is what I have come to realise now.

The former Wales International footballer, Ched Evans,

will face a retrial for rape at the beginning of October.

The date was set at a hearing in Cardiff this morning.

His original rape conviction from 2012 was quashed by the Court

Ched Evans arrived at Cardiff Crown Court today

for a short hearing to find out about the details of his retrial.

It was ordered last month after his original rape conviction

After a night out in Rhyl in 2011, he was accused of raping

He was convicted the following year but always protested his innocence.

He was released in 2014, after he served half of a five

Before his conviction, he'd been a promising striker,

a record ?3 million signing for Sheffield United.

Called up to the Wales squad in 2008, he had 13

Once released from jail, it seemed he would not be able

Athletics star Jessica Ennis-Hill threatened to pull her support

from Sheffield United, if they allowed him to play again.

And pressure from sponsors stopped Oldham United from signing him.

After a ten month investigation, he successfully appealed his

original conviction and has been granted a new trial.

Ched Evans spoke only to say his name and plead not guilty.

He was told his case will be heard on the 4th of October and it will be

Nick Palit, BBC Wales Today, Cardiff Crown Court.

Police are investigating a series of hoax bomb-threats made

Whitchurch High School in Cardiff was evacuated

as a precaution this morning, with officers dealing

Police say it was one of a series of malicious hoax communications

They say they take hoaxes extremely seriously.

A man who preyed on drunken female students in Cardiff and other

university cities will serve at least 12 years behind

bars for his crimes, including attempted rape

40-year -old Tahir Nazir, obtained a fake university ID card

and trawled the internet looking for student nights.

South Wales Police praised the courage of his victim

in Cardiff, and her housemates, who gave evidence at

Rugby, and Dan Lydiate will captain Wales in the absence of the injured

Sam Warburton against England at Twickenham on Sunday.

Lock Alun Wyn Jones returns from injury.

There's one change in the backs from the side that beat

Italy in the 6 Nations, with Scott Williams partnering

Coach Warren Gatland says it's an important game ahead of three

tests against world champions New Zealand next month.

Sometimes you go into the southern hemisphere and play the first test

match with guys who haven't played for four or five weeks, if they were

lucky enough to come straight out of the finals.

So we just felt this game was a game to try and get us up

to speed, deal with what we were going to encounter in the southern

Football, it's a big weekend for Gareth Bale and a nervous

one for the rest of us, hoping he'll emerge from the

His Real Madrid side take on Athletico Madrid.

Bale is aiming to emulate Ryan Giggs and Joey Jones,

the Welshmen who've won the European Cup twice.

He scored to help Real win the Cup two years ago.

Flash flooding has been causing problems this evening.

The A40 was closed between Llandovery and Sennybridge in Powys

after tonnes of debris was washed down a hillside.

And earlier, thunderstorms caused powercuts in

It doesn't seem to bode well for the bank holiday Sue?

Overnight a few showers pushing up from the south.

A warning that some could still be thundery, easing

through the night with some mist patches and a milder, quite muggy

night, temperatures remaining in double figures for most.

Tomorrow, we've got these low pressure systems

circling around the UK meaning the shower risk

Early low cloud and mist will gradually lift and break, then it's

Showers are more likely in the southern half of the UK

tomorrow, with a warning that the humidity

could trigger the odd thunder shower.

Variable cloud, the best of the dry and bright weather further

north, cooler here, 13 Celsius in southern Scotland and 22 in South

Hit and miss showers later tomorrow in Wales, sunny

spells in between, like winds with highs of 15

Tomorrow night, still a few showers, which could be

heavy at times before they gradually ease away.

Clear spells and light winds allow mist and coastal fog to

Lows are between seven and 12 Celsius.

So the weekend those low-pressure systems should move

eastwards allowing high pressure to build from the West.

So sunny spells and just a few later showers on Sunday, warming up

with temperatures in the high teens everywhere.

A few places possibly reaching the low 20s.

Similar on Monday, sunny spells, mostly fine

Cloud and rain spreading from east on Monday night into Tuesday.

A real mix and feeling warmer everywhere, settling down by the