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You can learn more about Damnation Alley in Plymouth where " every house formerly an inn and every inn a brothel ". Some are entirely voluntary in regards of their employees and the activities which go on within, while others are places of coercion, desperation and exploitation. Truro Crown Court heard how the brothel keeper and his partner kept a folder containing the names of customers as well as information about their taste in women and their favourite sexual practices.
Escort girls were also driven to addresses across Devon and Cornwall for sexual liaisons with customers, the court heard. The seedy enterprise only came unstuck after police raided the property in December Prosecutors told the court that clients willing to enter the house would find bedrooms set aside, equipped with items including pornographic movies and sex toys. Customers could receive a wide range of personal services in the bedrooms, ranging from spanking to full sex.
The prosecutor said that the seized folder held extensive information about clients and where they lived. The event was expected to see councillors, health professionals, police and other agencies as well as residents debate the issue of sex work and whether it was possible to create a safer environment for the industry.
One of the key organisers told Plymouth Herald that all aspects of the sex trade needed to be addressed including, off-street parlours, sexually transmitted disease, domestic violence and other attacks on sex workers. However, in January the following year the Government ordered a vice crackdown across the country and, according to one sex worker, it resulted in more girls having to stand on the streets in Millbay for longer because trade had fallen off.
