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 ...

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.

Abid Maghfoor Shah, 60, and Aiesha Julia Shah, 49, fronted Sydney Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday and entered pleas of not guilty, a year to the day since their arrest.