TWO women have been charged with arranging child prostitution.
Unemployed duo Angela Martin, 46, of Harrow Road in Leytonstone, and Natasha Martin, 24, of Victoria Road in Walthamstow, have been charged with a total of five offences each.
Officers from the Met's Human Exploitation and Organised Crime Command arrested the women at a hotel in Highbridge Road, Barking, on Friday (March 25) at around 8pm.
It comes following a sting by The News of the World newspaper.
They are due to appear at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court today (Monday 28 March).
They are charged with four counts of arranging or facilitating the prostitution of a child aged between 13 and 17 years old and one count of controlling a child to prostitute.
Police say four children have been taken into the care of social services following the arrests.
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