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Escort girl claimed she paid for taxi fare with sex act |
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Published in The Shields Gazette
23rd May 2012
A FORMER escort who fled from a taxi without paying a £51 fare claimed she had paid for the journey by performing a sex act for the driver. Jayde Watson, who worked under the name of Coco, got the taxi from Durham to her home in South Shields after a night out.
When the 25-year-old got to her house in John Williamson Street, she didn’t have the money to pay the fare and told the driver, Ali Ahmed she would go inside and get the money. But when she didn’t return after 10 minutes, he knocked on her door and threatened to call the police.
After Mr Ahmed dialled 999, police arrived and Watson told them they had struck up a deal in the taxi that she would perform a sex act on Mr Ahmed in payment of the fare – something which the self-employed driver denied had happened.
After a trial at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Watson was found guilty of making off without paying.
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Ipswich Police Defeat Street Prostitution by Targeting Clients |
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Published in The International Business Times
23rd May 2012
The University of East Anglia has praised a crackdown on prostitution in Ipswich after five sex-workers were murdered in the area. After closely studying the strategy put in place by Suffolk Police, researchers said it could be repeated elsewhere with good effective.
The crackdown comes after five prostitutes were murdered in 2006, Steve Wright, of Ipswich, was jailed for the killings.
Dr Fiona Poland, who led the UEA research team, said: "What worked particularly well was the drive to cut out on-street prostitution by targeting the clients - and not the sex workers themselves. We found no evidence that the problem had moved on to the streets beyond Ipswich.
"The joined-up approach of all the agencies involved mean that they now have a clearer strategy to tackle off-street working, trafficking and to identify both young people at risk and their potential abusers."
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Man in court for alleged role in operating brothel |
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Published in The Crawley News
23rd May 2012
A MAN alleged to have assisted in running a brothel in Tilgate has appeared in court.
Morris Sekitoleko, 35, of North Mead, Northgate, appeared at Mid Sussex Magistrates' Court on May 14.
He is accused of assisting in the management of the brothel at 15a Tilgate Parade between March 15 and April 5 this year. The charge was read out to him through an interpreter.
The case was committed to Lewes Crown Court for a trial. Sekitoleko was released on bail to appear at the court on June 8 for a plea and case management hearing. His bail means he has a curfew between 8pm and 6am.
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