Two men have been convicted of sexual offences against two girls more than 20 years ago.
The two victims in this case were aged just 14 and 15 when the offending began, and both were living in the care system.
During the offending period, between September 1996 and December 1997, Paul Doyle, 64, ran a kissogram and an escort agency from a taxi base in Digbeth, Birmingham.
Doyle was convicted of living on the earnings of one of the victims, who began working for his agency when she was 14 or 15.
Although she received a wage, the money she earned was given straight to Doyle.
Doyle would insist that the women and girls who worked for his agency have sex with him as an initiation. He was convicted of indecently assaulting the second victim.
Anthony Bayliss, 77, was regularly using escort services at the time, driving around Birmingham in his Rolls Royce and claiming to be a successful TV producer.
He met the second victim when she was 14 and went on to rape her on two occasions at his home address.
Doyle of Birmingham and Bayliss of Stafford were prosecuted by the Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation by West Midlands Police.
The jury found the defendants guilty when presented with the large amount of evidence compiled by the prosecution.
Claire Brinton, Specialist Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said, “The victims in this case were vulnerable children who had their innocence cruelly stolen by adults who exploited them for sex and money.
“Bayliss and Doyle targeted their victims because they were young. This enabled the defendants to exploit them for their own sexual gratification and financial gain.”
Superintendent Wes Martin from West Midlands Police said, “These were deplorable and inexcusable crimes where vulnerable young girls were trafficked into the West Midlands and sexually exploited. Doyle offered the girls for sex while Bayliss paid for sex with an underage girl.”
To deal with some of the more complex and challenging child sexual abuse cases, the CPS has a dedicated Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit to share specialist understanding, build strong cases and increase the number of successful prosecutions.
