In 2013, three women emerged from a flat in Brixton. They had been held there for decades by Aravindan Balakrishnan, a revolutionary Maoist who controlled the women with brainwashing techniques and tales of a sinister, world-controlling machine he called 'Jackie'.

• BBC
• Aravindan Balakrishnan
• Chanda Balakrishnan
• Yvonne Hall
• Aisha Wahab
• Peter Clement
• Paul Flewers
• Rosie Morgan-Davies
• Josephine Herivel