Suspicious teacher exposes double life of girl, 15, earning £100,000 a year as an upmarket prostitute The schoolgirl earned almost £100,000 a year working as a prostitute (file picture) A 15-year-old schoolgirl earned almost £100,000 a year working as a high-class prostitute, it was revealed yesterday. By day the teenager attended classes but at night she was regularly paid hundreds of pounds for sex. The girl, who cannot be identified because of her age, is believed to have been working for an escort agency based in Newcastle. She lied about her age before going on to earn £1,700 a week, meeting dozens of men on school nights and at the weekend. Her double life was exposed in November when a suspicious teacher searched her schoolbag and found condoms, a card with the name of her pimp and details of the agency she worked for. The school alerted police and officers later searched the £200,000 family home in South Tyneside, finding £8,060 in cash hidden in the loft, a court heard. Detectives believe she was paid £14,000 in just two months but have not been able to recover the remaining £6,000. Her parents, aged 44 and 46, were originally arrested on suspicion of inciting child prostitution but have since been released without charge. The £8,000 found by police was confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act during a brief hearing at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court on February 13. Asa Anderson, from Northumbria Police, told the court: 'The money was seized after police received a phone call from a school where a teacher found a pupil's bag. The bag was found containing certain items.' The girl, from Eastern Europe, is now being cared for by child protection agencies. She is understood to have arrived in the UK with her mother in the past few years. 'Prostitute': The 15-year-old girl, who had lied about her age, is believed to have made more than £1,700 every weekend working for an escort agency Police sources said she looked older than 15 and was able to dupe the escort agency into believing she was 18. The identity of the agency involved has not been revealed and police are still investigating. Had she not been caught she would have gone on to earn £84,000 in a single year. And police believe her earning potential would have risen over £100,000 through entertaining more clients as she grew older. A report published by Save the Children in 2007 claimed there were approximately 5,000 child prostitutes in the UK - 75 per cent of them girls. They and other charities have repeatedly urged the Government to do more to crackdown on the rising number of child sex slaves in the UK and Western Europe. Last night Michelle Elliott, from children's charity Kidscape, said: 'This is absolutely shocking. I feel desperately sorry for the girl involved. She is, like the others, a victim. 'As a parent you would think that you would know if your daughter was working as a prostitute or not. Clearly, this young girl managed to hide this from her parents very well.' She added: 'It does make you wonder what her motivation was for selling herself. Was it to get nice things? Was it to get enough money to leave home? 'Was it because she was abused herself as many prostitutes have been? She would clearly have continued working as an escort had she not been caught. At such a young age she thinks that selling herself is the way to get fame, fortune and love. 'There are probably many more cases out there like this one.' Wendy Shepherd, children's service manager for Barnardo's Sexual Exploitation Children Outreach Services, said many young children are being abused. 'It is not unusual that young people are coerced and groomed into sexually exploitative relationships and they don't always understand fully what is happening,' she said.
the media would have you believe that the girl is the victim, not her fault, she didn't want to do it, as the responsibility 'switch' does not turn on till your 16 or 18 or whatever. maybe, just maybe.. she knew what she was doing (Dont forget to post the source)
omg the kids are getting more and more sick these days.... working as a prostitute with 15.... i cant believe
wow she's richer than me D: at such young age! Too bad she was busted or else she can have a good future with those munny
..... wow..... and the court just up and took her money like that?! it should at least be given to her to keep she did do what she did....
The gov't are thieves, all her hard earned money are stolen by them. Can't believe she can earn that much money.
don't really understand what Teenager these day think... they have a house a nice family and still she want to go for Prostitute...
i dont think she's sick for doing it...if it was a way for her to keep living or surviving or whatever then ok maybe she just needed the money....it IS the quickest an easiest way of making money....
she prob did it cause she liked earning the money i mean £14k in 2 months you wouldnt have to work for ages if you just needed to survive.... sounds like she "enjoyed" it. which is fair enough, but sux she dont pay her taxes....
also yeh, will she ever get her money back....? cos even tho the police took the money an she's into care now.. the money is still her money, regardless of the way she earned it
I am not surprised at all. Some parents truly don't know about it. SEX is widespread on the media and kid are influenced by it .. thinking it's alright to make a living .. fast way to earn big $$$$. They act before they think .. that's just kids. Whether they truly know what they're doing in their heart, no one knows. Regardless, down the line, these young people will suffer some sort of emotional scars. prostitutes may mean good $$$ but it's certainly not easy $$$. There some crazy people out there after all.
not really a surprise, kids these days have sex at a much younger age mind as well make some money while they're at it.
