The new Prime Minister of England, David Cameron has called for a clamp down on kerb crawling and said that decriminalization of prostitution should be looked at again. This all comes as police are trying to find the bodies of two missing women in Bradford who worked as prostitutes.
Meanwhile Stephen Griffiths, 40, who is charged with murdering three women, appeared in court on Friday. The English Collective of Prostitutes has called for a change in the law.
On Friday morning Mr Griffiths, of Thornton Road, Bradford, gave his name in Bradford Magistrates’ Court as “the crossbow cannibal”.
He is accused of murdering prostitutes Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage, and Susan Rushworth. Many teams from the West Yorkshire police are searching the areas of Bradford. After the court appearance of Griffiths, Mr. Cameron said the murders were a terrible shock and not to jump to conclusions because decriminalisation would bring “all sorts of problems”, but it was worth “looking at [the law] again”.
What must be done according to Cameron are three things, what works best elsewhere – be tough on kerbcrawling, deal with problems of drug abuse, help prostitutes out of this industry, make sure all agencies work together. Officers investigating the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence have said they will be working with West Yorkshire Police to investigate any potential link with the alleged Bradford murders.
Mr Griffiths is reported to be a psychology graduate undertaking postgraduate research in criminology at Bradford University. He was arrested on Monday at his third-floor flat, which is on the edge of the city’s red light district and a short distance from Bradford city centre.
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Acpo calls for debate over prostitution laws
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