Rapist attacked terrified sex worker on Blackburn street
2021-04-18
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A RAPIST who attacked a sex worker in the street despite her desperate pleas for him to stop has been deemed a dangerous offender.
But when Philip Shaw and the sex worker walked towards a more secluded area for some privacy, he forced her over a nearby vehicle and attempted to rape her.
Deeming him a dangerous offender, Recorder Payne added: “I am required to consider the issue of .....
Six jailed for running 'conveyor belt' brothels exploiting young Romanian women
2020-11-28
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Five men and one woman have been jailed for running a brothel which exploited young Romanian women to be sex workers.
The gang’s business model was to advertise the sexual services of young women on the internet, and then move them from town to town across Lancashire - including towns near Bury.
“We want to offer help and advice for people who think they may be victims of hu .....
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18393231.coronavirus-fears-sex-workers-clients-sees-polic
2020-04-23
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POLICE are sending out unmarked police cars around Blackburn amid concerns punters are still visiting street sex workers, despite the coronavirus lockdown restriction.
Officers have also been speaking to working girls to encourage them not to go out and work, fearing they could either catch Covid-19 from their ‘customers’ or transmit it to them.
Police will also be patrollin .....