Sentences of 11 years’ imprisonment imposed on three offenders and a total sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment imposed on another offender for offences arising out of the sexual exploitation of two young girls were appropriate in view of the various aggravating features, which included the fact that one of the girls was a vulnerable 16-year-old child and that both girls were forced to act as prostitutes.
AGE AND VULNERABILITY OF COMPLAINANT CHILD PROSTITUTION OFFENCES CHILD SEX OFFENCES CONTROLLING PROSTITUTES DISPARITY OF SENTENCE KEEPING BROTHELS SENTENCING SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.57 TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
“Control” within the meaning of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.53 should be given its ordinary dictionary meaning of directing a relevant activity and included, but was not limited to, individuals who forced another to carry out a relevant activity. Therefore there was no need to prove that a complainant had been forced, coerced or compelled to work as a prostitute, merely that she had been directed to do so.
ACTUS REUS CONTROLLING PROSTITUTES CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE JURY DIRECTIONS LIVING ON PROSTITUTION MEANING OF “CONTROLS” IN S.53 SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.30(1) s.31 s.49 s.49(1) s.52 s.53(1) SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 1956 s.30 SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.53 STATUTORY DEFINITION STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
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