Sheffield sex gang ‘forced kids as young as 12 to have sex with strangers – with one teen victim pimped out to 50 men’
Amanda Spencer, 25, and Christopher Whiteley, 23, are among six defendants facing a total of 42 offences against nine underage victims
A GANG forced kids as young as 12 to have sex with strangers - with one teen victim pimped out to 50 men, a court heard.
Amanda Spencer, 25, and Christopher Whiteley, 23, are among six defendants facing a total of 42 offences against nine underage victims.
Sheffield Crown Court heard the pair played key roles in the barrage of exploitation to gain ill-gotten cash.
The youngsters were allegedly groomed, plied with "alcohol, drugs, make-up and attention" before being forced into carrying out lewd sex acts.
One teen victim said she was pimped out to 50 men and admitted being scared of Spencer as she allegedly preyed on troubled girls hanging around Sheffield City Centre, South Yorks., between 2008 and 2012.
Prosecutor Peter Hampton told the jury Spencer led a "troubled" existence from a young age, placed into care and was most likely forced into prostitution herself.
Mr Hampton said: "She turned her dreadful situation on its head. Far better to earn money prostituting others than having to do it yourself."
Whiteley is accused of rape and attempted rape of similarly vulnerable girls at Castle Market between 2007 and 2010 when he was aged between 13 and 16.
Whiteley is alleged to have also forced young girls into sexual activity with strangers, along with his brothers Shane Whiteley, 29, and Matthew Whiteley, 24, and pal Andre Francis-Edge, 25.
Offences are alleged to have taken place in Shane Whiteley's Sheffield flat which was used as a brothel by the four defendants.
Spencer is alleged to have threatened the girls with violence if they did not comply.
One of her victims claimed Spencer was able to prostitute her to around 50 men at their homes because she was "fearful" of her.
The same victim, who was aged between 15 and 16, alleges one of the men Spencer "sold" her to was Taleb Bapir, 38, of Sheffield, who is accused of raping the girl when she refused to have sex with him.
Another of the men she is alleged to have "pimped" girls out to is Whiteley.
Mr Hampton told the court that while Christopher may have only been 13 at the time of the first allegation he faces, and 16 at the time of the final one, "he portrayed himself as much older than his physical years and he was also very street-wise".
The trial continues.
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