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Leeds prostitutes handed Asbos in major vice crackdown
Seven prostitutes have been issued with Asbos as part of a crackdown on vice in Leeds.
The orders, issued by Leeds Magistrates, ban the women from selling sex in any part of West Yorkshire.
They include conditions on which parts of the city they can enter.
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The seven are barred from entering Holbeck and New Wortley, which have become the city's red-light districts in recent years.
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The banning orders follow the latest vice crackdown by police and Leeds City Council following a similar clean-up four years ago. Among the women who were given antisocial behaviour orders at Leeds Magistrates' Court yesterday was Candice Craven, 24, from Bramley.
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Martin Binks, chairman of the magistrate's bench, told her: "This is a very serious business and if you break any of the conditions, you risk imprisonment.
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"A lot of work has gone into preparing this, a lot of work has been done with you and it requires a big effort on your part to make it work."
Handing an order with identical terms to another woman, Sade Kamara, also 24, from Beeston, he said: "There is a responsibility on you to maintain these conditions. If (the police] are driving round and they see you , you are in big trouble." Neil Boland, prosecuting on behalf of Leeds City Council, told the court the Asbos were part of a police operation aimed at "addressing
specific problems blighting parts of the city".
Roisin Smith, 20 was also handed an identical three-year Asbo in her absence. Five-year Asbos were slapped on three other women, Amanda Hughes, Donna Wadkin and Tracey Whelan last month.
All six women are prohibited from:
* Acting in a manner which causes or is likely to cause nuisance, harassment, alarm or distress to any person in the area of West Yorkshire.
* Loitering in any public place for the purpose of soliciting any person for prostitution in West Yorkshire.
* Engaging in any sexual conduct which is lewd or obscene in any public place in West Yorkshire.
* Having in her possession any item made, adapted or intended for use in relation to the supply, production, or unlawful consumption of any controlled drugs.
If they break any of their conditions, they face being jailed for up to five years.
A seventh woman, Kathryn Nicholson, was handed an interim Asbo until next month when she will return to court for a full hearing.
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