Alleged Brisbane sex slave ring operator Matthew Markcrow charged with 13 new offences
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Matthew James Markcrow is accused of drugging women and keeping them as sex slaves.
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Police have laid fresh charges against a man accused of operating a sexual slavery ring in Brisbane.
Detectives allege he drugged and held women as young as 17 for prostitution, in what police described as horrendous example of modern-day slavery.
He is also accused of tattooing the women as his property and controlling their living, financial and work conditions.
Nine alleged victims have now come forward to police after a public appeal.
New charges laid over Brisbane sexual slavery ring
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Ms Stead faced court today, charged with conducting a business involving servitude with a victim under 18 and unlawful prostitution.
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A Brisbane woman has appeared in court this morning charged over her involvement in a sexual slavery ring that was uncovered in Brisbane last week.
Police charged Hannah Stead, 23, with conducting a business involving servitude with a victim under 18 and unlawful prostitution.
Matthew James Markcrow is accused of drugging women and keeping them as sex slaves.
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Four females, between the ages of 17 and 24, were found at the Mount Gravatt East home, but police believed there were more alleged victims.
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".