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| Woman who sold child sex jailed | Woman who sold child sex jailed |
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| A female pimp who lured girls as young as 12 into prostitution by getting them hooked on drugs has been jailed. | A female pimp who lured girls as young as 12 into prostitution by getting them hooked on drugs has been jailed. |
| Fiona Walsh, 33, groomed them with clothes and other gifts before introducing them to crack cocaine. | Fiona Walsh, 33, groomed them with clothes and other gifts before introducing them to crack cocaine. |
| Once they were addicted, she began offering them to customers at her home or in the streets, a court was told. | Once they were addicted, she began offering them to customers at her home or in the streets, a court was told. |
| Walsh, of Kilburn, north-west London, was given a 10-year prison term after she pleaded guilty to four counts of child prostitution and supplying drugs. | |
| She befriended the girls having met them while out shopping or through mutual acquaintances, Inner London Crown Court heard. | She befriended the girls having met them while out shopping or through mutual acquaintances, Inner London Crown Court heard. |
| Cynical and cold-blooded | Cynical and cold-blooded |
| Five victims told police how Walsh had ruined their lives, although the case against her focused on offences against two girls, aged 12 and 15. | Five victims told police how Walsh had ruined their lives, although the case against her focused on offences against two girls, aged 12 and 15. |
| Joanna Korner QC, prosecuting, said the two victims were vulnerable as they were from "dysfunctional, single parent family backgrounds". | Joanna Korner QC, prosecuting, said the two victims were vulnerable as they were from "dysfunctional, single parent family backgrounds". |
| "She cynically and cold-bloodedly befriended them in order to use them for her own purposes," she said. | "She cynically and cold-bloodedly befriended them in order to use them for her own purposes," she said. |
| "She exercised control over them through the belief she was their friend and by supplying drugs." | "She exercised control over them through the belief she was their friend and by supplying drugs." |
| Prison dealing | Prison dealing |
| She told the court the 12-year-old had tried hard but failed to give up prostitution and faced a "very uncertain future". | She told the court the 12-year-old had tried hard but failed to give up prostitution and faced a "very uncertain future". |
| Walsh, who has a string of convictions for prostitution, initially pleaded not guilty but changed her plea minutes before the trial was due to begin. | Walsh, who has a string of convictions for prostitution, initially pleaded not guilty but changed her plea minutes before the trial was due to begin. |
| She admitted one count of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and supplying her with crack cocaine. | She admitted one count of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and supplying her with crack cocaine. |
| She also admitted attempting to procure a second youngster, aged 15, to have unlawful sexual intercourse and supplying her with hard drugs. | She also admitted attempting to procure a second youngster, aged 15, to have unlawful sexual intercourse and supplying her with hard drugs. |
| She pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to conspiracy to supply class A substances while on remand in Holloway Prison. | She pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to conspiracy to supply class A substances while on remand in Holloway Prison. |
| Thirteen other charges were not proceeded with and "left on the file". | Thirteen other charges were not proceeded with and "left on the file". |
| Judge Roger Chapple banned her from working with children for life and imposed a life-long Sexual Offences Prevention Order, regulating her access to young people. | Judge Roger Chapple banned her from working with children for life and imposed a life-long Sexual Offences Prevention Order, regulating her access to young people. |