IMO the coverage of cases like the Yorkshire Ripper, Ipswitch, and Bradford have made people aware of, and more sympathetic to, the plight of the women who are in this situation mainly to feed a drugs habit. Prostitution has always been with us and always will be so it's perhaps time to regard it as a social problem that needs control and treatment rather than criminalisation and prosecution.

I applaud the comments on CCTV and DNA as they solve crime and can prove innocence as well as guilt. It would be a retrograde step to limmit the use of these tools and I cannot understand what the concerns are.