Residents in an area that was once part of a legal red light zone say they are now being tormented by people having sex on their street. The area, in Holbeck, Leeds, was part of a project called the Managed Approach, which permitted sex work at certain hours on designated streets.
However, the project was abandoned by Leeds City Council in 2020 after six years. People living there say the situation has deteriorated ever since.
Jackie and Michael Scott, who are 56 and 77 respectively, say they hear "screams" at all hours and are regularly woken up by noise related to sex acts happening close to their home. They say sex workers, both male and female, as well as kerb crawlers, now populate the resident streets.
