Woman pimp lured girls with crack

A woman pimp has admitted luring girls as young as 12 into prostitution by getting them hooked on crack cocaine.

Fiona Walsh, 32, groomed them with clothes and other gifts before introducing them to Class A drugs.

Once they were addicted, she began offering them to customers at her home or in the streets, Inner London Crown Court was told.

Walsh, from Kilburn, west London, pleaded guilty to four counts of child prostitution and supplying drugs.

Police believe up to five girls may have fallen into her clutches, all of whom ending up running away from home for up to two years.

Judge Roger Chapple told her a prison sentence was "inevitable". Walsh was remanded into custody until sentencing on 9 May.