A young escort has bravely shared their experiences of being treated 'less than human' and regularly fearing they are 'going to die'.
This includes being punched and strangled while selling sex in a hotel with strangers threatening to rape, kill, or throw acid on her.
It's a risk many across the country take to make earnings of thousands of pounds a week. One has bravely lifted the lid on the industry to our sister website, BirminghamLive, to highlight just how dangerous the industry is.
She says she makes large sums of hard cash, likening it to 'drug dealing money'. And along with the gifts she receives she admits it is an 'addictive' lifestyle to just give up. READ MORE: Greater Manchester 7-day weather forecast as temperatures set to drastically drop It is not illegal to sell sex in the UK, though it is a crime to run or manage a brothel or exploit women into prostitution.
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