PUT SEX FOR SALE PUNTERS IN DOCK

Charity wants sleazy customers prosecuted

- JOHN DINGWALL

PEOPLE who pay for sex should be prosecuted, according to a Scottish charity.

CARE for Scotland says the purchase of sex should be criminalised an approach already taken in Nordic countries.

The charity's call for a reform of prostitution laws comes after three people were jailed this week for a combined 20 years for involvement with human trafficking and prostitution in flats in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

A string of women, mainly from east Asia, were exploited by a crime gang to provide sexual services in Glasgow, Edinburgh and throughout the UK.

Louise Davies, director of advocacy and policy at CARE, said: "Awful cases like this underline the need for a change in approach in Scotland.