Two men jailed for sexual exploitation of young girls – operation against London’s worst offenders

Two men have been jailed for the sexual exploitation of young girls in London as part of a drive to bring 100 dangerous criminals who pose a threat to women to justice.

Woolwich Crown Court heard that Clinton Easy and Tyler Belgrave-Breeds arranged for men to have sex with girls as young as 13.

They were caught as part of the British police’s V100 project, which was launched to combat crimes committed by violent men against women.

Easy, 31, of no fixed abode but from the Catford area of ​​Lewisham, was sentenced on Friday to two years and six months in prison, or two counts of controlling prostitution and possessing and distributing indecent images.

Belgrave-Breeds, 33, of Walsham Close, Thamesmead, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for the same offences at the same hearing.

Both men were given a sexual harm prevention order and placed on the sex offenders’ register for seven years. They had pleaded guilty to the offences at an earlier hearing.

Easy was caught after evidence on online websites showed that he had promoted the use of children for sex acts.

The officers confiscated all of Easy’s devices and began searching for incriminating messages.

They discovered a series of ads he had created to arrange sex with the young girls. Several indecent images were also found on his phone.

As a result, Met officers managed to protect three victims, aged between 13 and 17, during the investigation after identifying them through phone analysis and sifting through text messages from Easy’s phone.

Metropolitan Police investigators traced Easy’s ads to Belgrave-Breeds. Officers gathered evidence showing that Belgrave-Breeds had paid for online advertising space to promote sex with the victims.

Detective Sergeant Katy Lee, who led the investigation, said: “The investigation was very complex. The team reviewed thousands of text messages and tracked the various SIM cards used by the suspects to evade arrest.

“We are diligent in our work and will leave no stone unturned to gather evidence and help put these criminals behind bars and protect their victims from further harm.

“We take the harm to children and girls extremely seriously and I am proud that we can protect our communities as part of our mission to make London safer for women and girls.”

Commander Ben Russell, who leads V100, said: “Through V100 we are able to identify the most criminal offenders in London who pose the greatest threat to women and girls.

“This is another great example of how these tactics work to protect our communities and how tirelessly we are working to make London safer.”

The V100 uses data analytics to identify and target the men and women most at risk. It uses existing police data from victim reports of crime together with the Cambridge Crime Harm Index, a tool that helps police measure the severity of harm suffered by victims.