London ( CNN ) -- A couple is alleged to have held three women captive in London for more than 30 years . Police arrested the pair Thursday but later released them on bail until January . The woman was identified as a former prostitute who had been living with her husband and two children since she left home at age 16, according to police spokesman Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Letchford. Two of the victims appeared to have met the man through ' a shared political ideology '
A couple is alleged to have held three women captive in London for more than 30 years . Police arrested the pair Thursday but later released them on bail until January . The woman was identified as a former prostitute who had been living with her husband and two children since she left home at age 16, according to police spokesman Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Letchford. Two of the victims appeared to have met the man through ' a shared political ideology '