THERE are few clues as to what happens inside Stiletto, billed euphemistically as “the world’s finest short-stay boutique hotel”. It looks like any upmarket retreat but is the latest, most stylish flagship for the legalised sex industry in Sydney, Australia.Inside this high-class brothel, which cost more than £7million to create, there are Dali-inspired red lips […]
The Met should turn a blind eye to prostitutes working in brothels, according to a Conservative member of the London Assembly.Andrew Boff claimed today that police were being too “severe” in shutting small-scale brothels ahead of the Olympics, forcing women on to the street and putting them in danger.Mr Boff also called for brothels to […]
A law intended to criminalise men who use prostitutes has led to just 43 convictions in England and Wales in its first year of operation. Figures released to the BBC show that in some regions not one man was convicted for having sex with a woman who had been forced into prostitution. Police say the […]
Scotland Yard has been accused of endangering sex workers after it emerged that officers were targeting brothels in London’s Olympic boroughs as part of a coordinated clean-up operation ahead of the 2012 games.The Yard’s human exploitation and organised crime command (SCD9) was launched in April last year, bringing together expertise in the fields of clubs and […]
A police force has denied a four-year crackdown on kerb-crawlers has made sex workers more vulnerable to attack by forcing them to move on to other areas.Of the 52 men arrested for kerb-crawling in east Bournemouth in 2006, 18 were charged compared with the 17 arrests and a single charge last year.English Collective of Prostitutes […]
It’s not unusual to bump into customers in Sainsbury’s’Claire Finch The GuardianMost people would think where I live is the last place you’d expect to find a brothel or massage parlour: a pretty bungalow in a quiet cul-de-sac of a sleepy Bedfordshire village. But I’ve run one from my home for the last 12 years, offering massage and […]
By Andy McFarlanePolice searches evoked memories of the Yorkshire Ripper murdersThe discovery of the remains of a woman – sparking police searches in Bradford’s red light district – has brought back chilling memories of the 1970s.Back then, it took six years to find and convict Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, for killing 13 women – […]
Preventing sex workers operating together makes them more vulnerable to attack – we need a more pragmatic approachThe laws governing sex for sale are clear – it is legal for one person to sell sex to another as long as elements including soliciting, trafficking, coercion and under-18s are not involved. However, if sex workers operate […]
Victory: Claire Finch argues that it is much safer for prostitutes to work in her home. By ANDREW LEVYBritain’s ‘antiquated’ vice laws were thrown into confusion yesterday when a massage parlour boss was cleared of running a brothel.Claire Finch, 49, admitted offering topless massages ‘with happy endings’ from her bungalow and advertised in local newspapers.Up to […]
A massage parlour boss who offered “happy endings” has been cleared of running a brothel from her bungalow.Claire Astrid Finch, 49, of Chalton Heights in Chalton, Bedfordshire, was found not guilty at Luton Crown Court of keeping a brothel for prostitution.She took out adverts in newspapers and on the internet, selling topless massage “with happy […]