Two more arrested over child prostitution
October 18, 2012 - 5:17PM
Two more men have been charged over an alleged child prostitution ring in Sydney involving eight girls, some as young as 12.
A total of 90 charges have now been laid against six men and two women allegedly involved in the sex ring, which sold a 12-year-old for sex three times in three days.
Strike Force Woodvale continues to investigate the operation allegedly run by two young sisters in southwest Sydney.
On Thursday morning, police arrested a 44-year-old man at a home in Chester Hill and charged him with engaging in an act of child prostitution.
He was granted bail until his appearance in Campbelltown Local Court on November 12.
Hours later, police charged a 36-year-old man at Mascot, in Sydney's south, with sexual assault and engaging in an act of child prostitution.
He was refused bail until he appears at Waverley Local Court on Friday.
Police also laid five more charges, including aggravated sexual assault, against Rino Mura, 53, who was first arrested in May over his alleged involvement as a client.
Bassam Darwich, 52, was charged with nine more offences relating to aggravated sexual assault and child prostitution.
Both men will appear before Campbelltown Local Court on November 14.
Two Liverpool sisters accused of being the ringleaders, aged 22 and 19, who can't be named for legal reasons, and two other alleged customers - Elia Toma and Trevor Weger - are also before the courts.
Police say the sisters targeted young girls who were living rough and offered them illicit drugs before prostituting them.
The alleged offences date back to November 2008.
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