Two Maldon & Tiptree FC co-owners charged with human trafficking and rape

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Two co-owners of nan non-league shot nine Maldon & Tiptree person been charged pinch quality trafficking for intersexual exploitation arsenic good arsenic rape aft an investigation by Essex police.

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, was charged pinch aggregate offences connected Friday alongside Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32. Both men, of Southwood Chase, Danbury, Essex, will look astatine Chelmsford magistrates tribunal later.

The Crown Prosecution Service said nan men had been charged pinch arranging aliases facilitating recreation of different personification pinch a position to exploitation, arsenic good arsenic intersexual offences including rape.

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow became Britain’s first cheery surrogate genitor successful 1999. The CPS said he had been charged pinch 3 counts of intersexual battle connected a male, 4 counts of rape of a man 16 aliases complete and 2 counts of arranging aliases facilitating recreation of different personification pinch a position to exploitation.

Scott Drewitt-Barlow has been charged pinch 1 count of intersexual battle connected a male, 1 count of rape of a man 16 aliases over, and 2 counts of arranging aliases facilitating recreation of different personification pinch a position to exploitation.

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Essex constabulary said officers from nan superior crime directorate carried retired coordinated searches astatine premises successful Danbury, Maldon and Braintree connected Wednesday and arrested 2 men. The unit said that since past they had been liaising pinch nan CPS.

ITV has shelved a planned TV show astir nan men’s move into shot nine ownership. A property merchandise connected nan ITV website published connected 31 March and still disposable online connected Friday greeting said nan six-part bid Up nan Jammers “follows Barrie and Scott’s pursuit to return nan Isthmian League North Division squad to nan expansive heights of nan English Football League wrong 4 years”.

A quote from Barrie Drewitt-Barlow included successful nan property merchandise said: “We didn’t get into shot to play it safe, we sewage into it to build thing big, and ITV is nan cleanable level to bring that communicative to life. Nothing has been hidden.”

On Friday, an ITV spokesperson said: “ITV has decided to region Up nan Jammers from nan upcoming schedule.”

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