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==Communist Collective==
==Communist Collective==
Balakrishnan joined the UK Communist Party and over the years he built up a following by giving lectures on his radical beliefs and staging various sit ins and protests.
Balakrishnan joined the UK Communist Party and built up a following by giving lectures on his radical beliefs and staging various sit-ins and protests.
He was a regular attendee London demonstrations, where he waved Chairman Mao banners and addressed the crowds. Conferences would begin with a clenched fist salute to the Chinese revolutionary leader.
He was a regular attender of London demonstrations, where he waved Chairman Mao banners and addressed the crowds. Conferences would begin with a clenched fist salute to the Chinese revolutionary leader.
David Vipond, a communist at the time who also met him at meetings, said: "Balakrishnan was charismatic and dominant. There was money, they [the leadership] ate well. Balakrishnan did not see himself as being one of the 'plebs’. He saw himself as a big shot.”
David Vipond, a communist at the time who also met him at meetings, said: "Balakrishnan was charismatic and dominant. There was money, they [the leadership] ate well. Balakrishnan did not see himself as being one of the 'plebs’. He saw himself as a big shot.”
Between 1986 and 1992, three of the women found the courage to make their escape. Miss Davies died in 1997 after falling from a bathroom window at the commune in mysterious circumstances. Another died in 2001 after falling and hitting her head on a kitchen cabinet.
Between 1986 and 1992, three of the women found the courage to make their escape. Miss Davies died in 1997 after falling from a bathroom window at the commune in mysterious circumstances. Another died in 2001 after falling and hitting her head on a kitchen cabinet.
Three others, including a daughter he had kept imprisoned since birth for 30 years, only made their escape when one of them used a secret phone to contact a charity in October 2013, and the police were called.
Three others, including a daughter he had kept imprisoned since birth for 30 years, only made their escape when one of them used a secret phone to contact a charity in October 2013, and the police were called.
==Trial and conviction==
==Trial and conviction==