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Mellissa Dzinzi

'Sex workers are using drugs in Leeds phoneboxes that kids pass to go to school'

Holbeck residents have been left disgusted after finding out that sex workers have been “shooting up drugs” in a phonebox.

The controversial Managed Approach was introduced in 2014 make sex work safer for women but it soon became controversial among nearby residents and was scrapped in 2021. Some of the complaints include condoms being found discarded on the streets and schoolchildren being approached for sex.

Since the scheme was scrapped, Michael Scott told LeedsLive that the sex workers are still roaming the streets and have even moved into resident areas.

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