Crime by Patrick Billings
Premium Content A 23-year-old woman has been charged over an alleged sex slave operation in Brisbane. Hannah Christina Stead, 23, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today charged with conducting a business involving servitude under and conducting a business of unlawful prostitution under the Queensland Criminal Code. Police allege her involvement was in 2019. Hannah Christina Stead, 23. Her co-accused Matthew James Markcrow, 35, was charged with conducting a business involving servitude, conducting a business of unlawful prostitution and making recordings in breach of privacy. Police allege women were tattooed, drugged and filmed. Several women had tattoos saying Property of Matt M .
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A man and a woman have been arrested and charged for allegedly
forcing females aged between 17 and 24 years to work as
prostitutes.
Police allege the females were systematically plied with drugs,
branded with tattoos marking ownership and not paid for their
work.
The story so far
Conducting a business involving servitude,
Conducting a business of unlawful prostitution, and
Making recordings in breach of privacy.
His co-accused, 23-year old Crystal Marie Sawyer, is facing
charges of:
Conducting a business of unlawful prostitution,
Contravening an order under the Queensland Criminal Code,
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.