The appellant was charged with persistently soliciting a woman for the purposes of prostitution under section 2(1). He had been seen on several occasions driving his car slowly around a red light district. On one occasion he beckoned a woman towards him. As he was driving with the woman in his car, he was stopped and arrested. He was convicted by the Justices and appealed.
Held: To be persistent, at least two acts of soliciting were required. One of the acts relied upon was the beckoning of the woman to the car. The Justices were fully entitled to regard that as an act of soliciting. As to cruising in a motor vehicle, however: ‘I entirely agree that it is necessary for the prosecution to establish that the defendant, of whom it is said he has been soliciting a prostitute, had given some positive indication, by physical action or words, to the prostitute that he requires her services.’
Judges:
Watkins LJ
Citations:
[1990] 91 Cr App R 378
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Behrendt v Burridge QBD 1975
The defendant, a prostitute wearing revealing clothing sat silent and motionless behind a bay window, illuminated by a red light, to advertise her services as a prostitute.
Held: She was soliciting, in the sense of tempting or alluring . .
Cited by:
Cited – Oddy, Regina (on the Application of) v Bugbugs Ltd Admn 12-Nov-2003
A private prosecutor appealed dismissal of his complaint that the respondent had operated an unlicensed man-powered rickshaw service. The district judge had held that it was not a taxi service. It was, under the 1869 Act a stage carriage and . .
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Crime
Updated: 09 February 2022; Ref: scu.193388
