Accused forced sex slave âmadamâ in confrontation An accused sex slave âmadamâ who police say helped run an illegal prostitution ring and exerted control over drugged up women was involved in a confrontation.
Crime by Patrick Billings, Kate Kyriacou, Elise Williams and Tobias Jurss-Lewis 6th Feb 2021 1:00 PM
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Subscriber only A woman accused of assisting alleged pimp Matthew Markcrow to run an alleged illegal prostitution ring in suburban Brisbane caused a scene outside court, lunging at photographers after she was granted bail yesterday. Crystal Marie Sawyer, 23, was charged after police allegedly uncovered evidence to support sexual servitude and organised prostitution during raids at Queensland properties.
Court: Drugged, tattooed, forced into sex slavery A number of women have been found living as “sex slaves” in suburban Brisbane, police allege. Picture: File image
Crime 5th Feb 2021 1:57 PM
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Subscriber only A Brisbane man has been accused of forcing women to work as prostitutes, with police alleging they were branded with tattoos, drugged and not paid. Matthew James Markcrow, 35, is facing charges of conducting a business involving servitude, conducting a business of unlawful prostitution and making recordings in breach of privacy. The alleged sexual slavery and prostitution only came to light due to a tip off from a member of the community, police say.
Brisbane man Matthew Markcrow, 35, is charged with keeping women, between the ages of 17 and 24, as sex slaves for clients at two residences, allegedly giving them stupefying drugs, controlling their finances and tattooing them as "being his property".
Two 15-Year-Old Schoolgirls Are Gang Raped by Ten Men on a Park Bench
Levi Parsons, Daily Mail, January 29, 2021
Two teenage girls were allegedly gang raped by ten men on a park bench after they were drugged and threatened with broken glass and bottles.
Four men aged between 19 and 22 have now been charged with 40 offences each over the sickening alleged attack in Brisbane’s south on December 28.
Police allege two 15-year-old girls met up with two of the men at Woodridge train station to drink alcohol and smoke cannabis.
The girls were allegedly driven to Karawatha quarry where two cars full of eight other men mainly of African appearance were waiting.