A PROSTITUTE went back to work the streets just 30 minutes after she gave birth because she was so desperate for money.

PCSO Jacqui Fairbanks, who has been helping sex workers for ten years, has revealed the miserable lives of prostitutes in Hull's Hessle Road.

4 The desperate plight of prostitutes in Hull has been revealed by a PCSO Credit: MEN Media

Many of the 40 girls working in the red light district come from harrowing backgrounds where they have often been physically or mentally abused.

Some are homeless or crash on sofas as they work the streets desperate to make some cash.

The officer told Hull Daily Mail: "One woman had a baby and, within half an hour, was back out on the streets. That's how desperate some of these women are.

"This isn't Pretty Woman, I'm afraid. Some rich punter isn't going to come along and sweep these women off their feet and live happily ever after.

4 PCSO Jacqui Fairbanks said 'this isn't pretty women' as she revealed the harrowing lives the girls lead Credit: MEN Media

4 Humberside Police on patrol as they crackdown on sex workers in the area Credit: MEN Media

"Our problem is that these women will not come and deal with us. Their self-esteem is so low that they enjoy the attention they receive and that is really sad."

PCSO Fairbanks said the women are usually aged in the late 20s to early 30s with punters as young as 17 or 18 paying for sex.

But as the officer reveals, some of the men exchanging cash for sex can be aged up to their 80s.

The police work closely with other agencies such as social services, the Together Women Project. Lighthouse, the Vineyard and Humbercare.

4 The customers all come from different backgrounds and are sometimes as young as 17 Credit: MEN Media

They try to protect the workers, who are often tormented by mental health problems, from trafficking, violence and coercion by pimps and boyfriends.

PCSO Fairbanks said: "There is a perception that these women are all on benefits but that is not always the case. For many, this is their only source of income.

"At the end of the day these women are somebody's daughter. I try to tell them they are better than this. But all we can do is off them the help through the different agencies.

"We have managed things better now and there is less violence towards these women.

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"There will always be dodgy pimps and violent boyfriends but, otherwise, the women are quick to tell us if they have been victims of violence. We have a better rapport."

In a landmark legal ruling in 2014, section 222 orders were introduced meaning prostitutes and kerb crawlers found breaching the order by loitering, soliciting or having sex, face arrest.

Plain-clothed officers now trawl the streets hoping to catch kerb crawlers approaching prostitutes.

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