A MICHIGAN, US judge has terminated the parental rights of a Cameroon couple whose plan to get their daughter an American education ended with her becoming a virtual slave. The couple, Fru David Forya and Fru Justina Damasang, sent one of their six children from their home in Bemenda, Cameroon, to live with Joseph and Evelyn Djoumessi in the affluent Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills. But instead of an education, the couple offered the girl, who was 14 at the time, an existence as a live-in slave in the dimly-lit basement of their home. She was beaten with a belt, abused and sexually assaulted by her new father, according to police. She was forbidden from having social contact with people outside the home unless the couple was with her. The allegations have led to criminal charges against the Djoumessis. The girl is in foster care and will apply for US citizenship. – AFP