Couple found guilty of keeping slave in Melbourne 'showed distinct lack of care'

A judge has told a court a couple who kept a woman as a slave for eight years in their Melbourne home have never expressed any remorse.

Kumuthini Kannan and her husband Kandasamy were found guilty in April of keeping the Tamil grandmother as a working prisoner inside their Mount Waverley house.

Her appalling condition was uncovered when she was discovered in a pool of urine and emaciated, weighing just 40kg.