Crime by Patrick Billings
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Subscriber only A woman charged over an alleged illegal prostitution ring along with her partner Matthew James Markcrow, 35, breached her bail immediately after it was granted. Crystal Marie Sawyer, 23, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning and pleaded guilty to breaching bail. Sawyer was granted bail on February 5 after being charged with conducting a business of unlawful prostitution. One of her conditions was not to contact certain people in relation to an ongoing prostitution and servitude investigation, the court heard. Crystal Marie Sawyer in a confrontation with a photographer moments before breaching bail. Picture David Clark
Sex slave case co-accused breaches bail
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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.
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 .