In a televised sentencing on Friday, Mr Justice Johnson recognised Ike Ekweremadu's "substantial fall from grace" as he jailed him for nine years and eight months.The senior judge said: "People-trafficking across international borders for the harvesting of human organs is a form of slavery."It is a trade that preys on poverty, misery and desperation.
He added the risks had not been properly explained and there had been no consent "in any meaningful sense". During the hearing, the victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said he only found out what was planned when he was taken to the north London hospital for an initial consultation.He spoke of his fears for his own safety and that of his family in Nigeria who had been visited and told to "drop" the case."These people are extremely powerful and I worry for my family."I have no-one here, no family, no friends.