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Three women have been from a house in south London after held in captivity for 30 years. Police the home of a 67-year-old man and woman who reportedly the women against their will for three decades. Police reporters the captives were in "horrific conditions". The rescue took place after one of the women to gain access to a telephone and contacted Freedom Charity, which specializes in victims of forced marriages. The police a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old Briton. The British woman is believed to have been born in captivity and have no experience of life outside the house in which she was .

London police said: "This is the very early stages of a complicated and sensitive investigation. These women are highly , having been held in servitude for at least 30 years with no real exposure to the outside world." They that: "Trying to out exactly what has over three decades will understandably take some time." A spokeswoman from Freedom Charity amazement at how the women could have kept for so long in the middle of London without anyone . She said: "In a very busy capital city, we often don't our neighbours. We're at people who were against their will in an ordinary residential street in central London."