Human trafficker jailed for forcing Thai women into sex work

The pair, who were latterly sharing an address in Yeovil, in Somerset, had denied a series of charges at the High Court in Dundee.

A trial heard that AirBnB properties in Dundee and across Scotland were used as brothels for the women to meet clients, with victims forced to have sex with up to 15 men a day to pay off supposed debts.

One woman told the court that the accused had promised her “no less than £2,500 a month” to work as a masseuse, but was put up in a studio flat and told to offer sex to clients.

She said: “In my heart, I wanted to escape from that situation, but I had no money, no passport and spoke no English, so then I cry.”

A police raid in December 2020 on a flat in Dundee’s Gardner Street where Wanitthanawet and Wilson resided recovered £3,800 in cash, bank cards belonging to Wilson and electronic devices with one containing messages relating to arrangements for a sexual encounter.