March 2014 Pimp who sold 15-year-old girl for sex through brothel he ran on Facebook jailed A pimp who sold a vulnerable 15-year-old girl for sex through a brothel he ran on Facebook has been jailed. Lee Lambert, 26, organised the business from his Kirkby flat while advertising sex with the teenager – who was living in a children’s home – through Facebook and adult websites. A jury took just ten minutes to find him guilty of controlling prostitution for gain and keeping a brothel. Jailing him for three years, Judge Thomas Teague QC said Lambert posed “an ongoing threat to the welfare of young people through his repeated involvement in what is euphemistically referred to as the sex trade.” Lambert, who appeared in court wearing large sunglasses and had a nasal feeding tube for medical reasons, created an online profiles for the girl – whom he claimed was 18 – and posted provocative photos to entice potential clients to his business, which he branded “Swinger Escorts”. A trial heard how he outlined the extreme services she was allegedly willing to perform for clients, with prices he charged ranging from £18 to £168. Lambert, of Denvers Park, Kirkby, took a small slice of the profits allowing the girl to keep the majority. He was jailed in 2010 after being convicted of tricking young girls into sending sexually explicit pictures of themselves to his sham “model agency”. Lambert’s fake agency LML Modelling promised girls up to £40,000 a year. Judge Teague told him: “This is the second time in the last four years in which you have engaged in the exploitation of girls in the so-called sex industry. “You may not have realised that this girl was only 15 but your culpability remains high.” A jury was told how Lambert sent text messages talking about his business, and one in which he boasted: “Pimping ain’t easy.” He also advertised for new girls to come and work for him, prosecutors said, posting adverts for “Escorts wanted – £500 a week”. There was another woman who was also exploited by Lambert. Judge Teague said the girl, who cannot be identified, was “groomed” by Lambert and believed he cared for her and “had her best interests at heart”. He said: “There was certainly no physical coercion but you manipulated her emotionally and there was most certainly an element of corruption.” Jurors in Lambert’s trial heard that he filmed a pornographic movie involving one of his customers and giving evidence Lambert claimed that a “legal loophole” meant he was not a pimp but a pornographer. Lambert was also handed an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order, restricting his access to the internet and banning contact with children. October 2010 Norris Green conman ran “sham” model agency to trick girls into sending him obscene pictures A SCHEMING conman who ran a “sham” model agency to trick young girls into sending sexually explicit pictures of themselves was jailed. Lee Lambert, 23, tried to entice underage teenagers into sending him indecent photographs with promises they could earn up to £40,000 a year. But Lambert’s agency LML Modelling was “pure fantasy” and run from his Kirkby bedroom. Jailing him for two years, Recorder Mark Chambers QC said: “I am quite satisfied, on the evidence I have heard, that the prosecution case was correct and this was a sham.” He added: “I am satisfied the real reason this site was set up was to encourage young girls to send you nude and semi-nude photographs.” The court heard Lambert deliberately advertised his fake agency on websites such as LimeWire and BearShare to target underage girls. On August 31, 2007, he urged a 14-year-old girl to send “sexy, glam” images and suggested she signed a waiver claiming she was 18 with promises of “pro shoots” in Liverpool. Instead of sending the pictures, the girl printed off the conversation and went to police, sparking officers to raid his home on October 25, 2007. Recorder Chambers said obscene videos found on Lambert’s computers also proved his interest in child porn. One 21-minute video clip showed a young female being tied up and raped. It was rated category five, the most severe. Analysis of Lambert’s machines also revealed thousands of obscene search terms were used to scour the internet, with the term “Lolita” being entered 3,336 times and “pre-teen” on 2,835 occasions. During his September trial, Lambert claimed his business was worth up to £1m, had won awards and even said he had done work for New York fashion week. He also insisted he had represented famous glamour models and a Playboy girl. Lambert, of Guilsted Road, Norris Green, told jurors his girlfriend Jacqueline Brady had suddenly revealed she was responsible for the online chats with underage girls because she wanted to set him up. He said Miss Brady, the mum of his young child, suffered from borderline personality disorder and stored the profiles of underage girls in a bid to get him in trouble so he would quit the modelling industry. But jurors rejected his story and unanimously convicted him of one charge of inciting child pornography and three of making indecent images. Desmond Lennon, defending, said Lambert still maintained his denials. He said: “He still says the website was set up for legitimate reasons and the indecent images were not of his making.”