Abid Maghfoor Shah and his wife Aeisha Julia Shah, who own The Cake Merchant chain, had been accused of trafficking their Pakistani nephew and enslaving him for two-and-a-half years.

Abid Maghfoor Shah, 59, and Aiesha Julia Shah, 48, fronted Sydney Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday after being accused of enslaving a victim at their chain of Sydney stores.

There has been a new development in the case of two business owners charged with slavery and human trafficking offences at their Sydney cake stores. Abid Maghfoor Shah, 59, and Aiesha Julia Shah ...