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A couple have been charged with multiple sexual assault offences after Police stormed an alleged ‘sex slave operation.
35-year-old Matthew James Markcrow and his girlfriend, 23-year-old Crystal Marie Sawyer are accused of giving several women drugs and using them as prostitutes.
The allegations include tattooing the women as the ‘property of Mr Markcrow. It is also suggested that every aspect of the women s lives were controlled as they were used as sex slaves.
Markcrow is bail refused and remains in Police custody, while Sawyer was granted conditional bail.
Sex slave ring Brisbane: Queensland police uncover an alleged prostitution ring in Brisbane and have charged Matthew Markcrow and Crystal Marie Sawyer.
Published February 6, 2021
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CONTENT WARNING: This article mentions sexual assault and criminal drug use.
Police in Queensland have named 35-year-old
Matthew James Markcrow and 23-year-old
Crystal Marie Sawyer as the couple accused of drugging several women and keeping them as sex slaves in suburban Brisbane.
Per ABC News reports, it is alleged that Markcrow recruited the “vulnerable” young women on social media, provided them with stupefying drugs, tattooed his name on them to mark them as property and forced them into illegal prostitution.
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.