[2007] EWCA Crim 2664

"Control" within the meaning of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.53 should be given its ordinary dictionary meaning of directing a relevant activity and included, but was not limited to, individuals who forced another to carry out a relevant activity. Therefore there was no need to prove that a complainant had been forced, coerced or compelled to work as a prostitute, merely that she had been directed to do so.

CA (Crim Div) (Toulson LJ, Gibbs J, Judge Wide QC)

19/10/2007