Pair sentenced after sex 'prisoner' fled to police
2024-02-15
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Two individuals have been handed sentences following their involvement in a heinous crime involving the trafficking and exploitation of a woman into forced sex work.
Gheorghe Bonculescu, 27, residing on Warmsworth Road in Doncaster, received a four-and-a-half-year prison term for his role in controlling prostitution for profit.
Sharing the same address, Elena Birovescu, also 27, receive .....
Doncaster human traffic guilty after forcing woman into sex work
2024-01-25
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A couple from Warmsworth Road, Gheorghe Bonculescu, aged 27, and Elena Birovescu, aged 26, are set to face sentencing at Hull Crown Court on February 12th. Their court appearance follows Bonculescu's admission of guilt to charges of controlling prostitution for financial gain, while Birovescu pleaded guilty to money laundering.
The case stems from events in 2022, during which Bonculescu .....
Hull man with evil alter ego who abducted sex worker denied his freedom
2023-08-19
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In a chilling saga that mirrors the classic tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Hull resident's sinister dual nature has been thrust into the spotlight once again. Martin Norton, a seemingly unassuming 45-year-old cleaner, harbored a malevolent alter ego named 'Michael' that harbored sinister fantasies of violence against women, dating back to his formative years. The shocking revelati .....
Hull escort jailed after robbing 74 year old
2022-04-28
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A sex worker from Hull who robbed a 74-year-old client and his friend at knifepoint has been jailed.
Charlotte Newton, 25, of Gleneagles Park, deliberately targeted the pensioner because he was "vulnerable" and she thought he would be less likely to alert the police because of their secret sexual arrangement, Hull Crown Court heard. .....
Strip clubs and escort services could cause substantial fall in sex crimes
2021-07-13
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Strip clubs and escort services could lead to a substantial fall in sex crimes, new research has found.
The study, published in The Economic Journal, discovered the existence of adult entertainment venues triggered a fall in the number of sexual offences carried out close by. .....
FKA twigs, Sisters Uncut & more sign letter against criminalising sex work
2021-04-09
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With an amenedment to the unloved Police Bill in parliament, it could happen that the Nordic model is introduced to England. The Nordic model bans the purchase of sex, while 'decriminilising the escort' The Nordic model will also ban advertising sites. There is a fierce battle building up to fight this amendment, and hopfully amend the police bill to fully decriminilise the sexwork. Many .....
First coronavirus friendly brothel opens in Hull where punters are made to wear masks
2020-09-24
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Discretion of Hull, one of the city's brothels, has reopened with a raft of new measures in place in a bid to stop clients and workers infecting each other with the coronavirus
The venue says: "We provide shields and masks for staff and masks for customers.
On its website, Discretion says a risk assessment was carried out on August 26 with another due on November 26.
In te .....
'She had two little boys': the sex work photography project hitting Hull's streets
2020-07-31
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Not everyone sees the same things as they walk the city streets. For some women, unremarkable spots – a chipped and shuttered doorway, a litter-strewn graveyard, an alley by the railway tracks – have been regular places of work, and also sites of devastating violence.
In 2014, Hull became the only local authority in the UK to use Section 222 of the 1972 Local Government Act to ta .....
Sex work photography project hitting Hull's streets
2020-07-23
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This month, photographs of some of these sites have appeared on billboards and bus shelters in Hull, part of the photo project Absence of Evidence, led by the artist duo Henry/Bragg, working with a group of former street sex workers from Hull called An Untold Story: Voices. “One is the view from the corner I worked, another is the doorway I stood in when it was raining,” says Amanda H .....
Order banning prostitution in Hull to be removed in major change
2020-05-13
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Orders used to tackle prostitution in Hessle Road are set to be withdrawn after a High Court decision relating to animal protesters in London. Section 222 orders were introduced by Hull City Council five years ago to try and reduce the problems involving sex workers in the west Hull street.
It is now thought section 222 orders are illegal in the way they have been used. This is after an .....