A WOMAN has told how she ended up sleeping in an overcrowded flat in Govanhill before being transported to Ireland and "forced" to marry a man.

Adriana Adiova today gave evidence at the High Court in Glasgow via video link from Slovakia at the trial of three men and a woman accused of human trafficking and forcing women into prostitution.

Vojtech Gombar, 61, Anil Wagle, 37, Jana Sandorova, 28,and Ratislav Adam, 31, all deny trafficking women into Scotland for prostitution and slavery.

Ms Adiova was 20 and living in Slovakia with her mother and siblings when a woman, Helena Cicova, and two men visited the house.

The court heard from the witness that Ms Cicova offered she and her younger sister, then 18, a well paid job in England working with potatoes.

While Ms Adiova said she was reluctant to go, her younger sister was encouraged by promises of "gold and designer clothes".

Now 28, the witness said she changed her mind and went with Ms Cicova because she was worried for the safety of her younger sister.

The court heard that Ms Cicova took possession of their ID cards and they left quickly with "only the clothes on our bodies" and without speaking to their mother as there was "not enough time".

She told the court she only knew she was flying to Glasgow when she read her ticket at the airport, which Ms Cicova bought, and believed the location was "in London".

On arrival in Glasgow, she said she and her sister returned their ID cards to Ms Cicova as "we don't know where we are, we don't have any money and we were a bit worried".

She said they were concerned about "what we will do, what will happen to us".

The witness said they were taken to Ms Cicova's flat in Govanhill, where 10 people lived, and were forced to share a sofa to sleep on.

Despite, she claimed, repeatedly asking for work, Ms Adiova and her sister were taken twice for one day's work at a pizzeria, where they earned 20 euro to give to Ms Cicova.

Under examination by Advocate Depute Kath Harper, the witness told the court Ms Cicova said Ms Adiova and her younger sister could be married, rather than working.

She said she asked why she should get married to someone she did not know and did not love.

"She told us we must get married and I was afraid at that time, especially afraid for my sister. She can throw us away or something else can happen to us," the witness added.

She said she agreed because she had "no other choice" and went with Ms Cicova and her sister to Gombar's nearby home where two Pakistani men were waiting.

She said she was informed one of the men wanted to find a bride for his son and wanted to choose "the older one", which was her.

Overnight, she said she heard Gombar tell Ms Cicova that the woman had "made good business" and said in her police statement that Gombar said he would receive 4,000 euro for the wedding but would not give her the money and would split it with Ms Cicova.

The witness said the next day she flew to Dublin with Ms Cicova on flights paid for by the Pakistani men, and on arrival 1000 euro was placed on a table for Ms Cicova.

When Ms Adiova rose the following morning at 6am, the older woman was gone.

The court heard the witness lived with her future husband and his relatives at a house in Co Meath and could only communicate through hand signals.

The pair were married in a restaurant in Drogheda in 2012 and when asked by an interpreter if she was forced into the marriage, the witness said she had told the official no but said to the court that this was a lie.

Asked why she went through with the marriage, she said: "I was forced. What else can I do without the money, without support, I don't have anyone there."

She said she begged to be reunited with her sister and eventually the younger woman was also brought to Ireland.

After the wedding, her husband arranged for her brother to come to Ireland and escort his two sisters home to Slovakia.

Her husband gave her £1,000 and she returned to Slovakia but flew back the same day to divorce him.

Ronnie Renucci QC, representing Gombar, put to the witness that she never met Gombar in Glasgow, which she denied.

He put to her that Ms Cicova suggested getting married to earn money and the witness replied she did not get any money from her.

The witness said a police statement saying her future husband gave her 1000 euros on arrival in Ireland was incorrect, and it was placed in front of Ms Cicova.

The police statement also said her husband had told her he needed a visa to stay in Ireland.

Questioned if she agreed to marry him for a visa in exchange for money, she said: "I didn't ask him for money and I didn't know why the marriage was taking place."

The accused are said to have worked from at least three properties in Govanhill, as well as premises around the UK, France, Slovakia and Ireland.

More than 13 women are said to have been trafficked, mostly from Slovakia, to be exploited in the UK or elsewhere.

Gombar faces 24 charges, Wagle faces six, Sandorova faces 11, and Adam faces 16, all of which they deny.

The trial, before Judge Lord Beckett, continues.