Clinton Easy, 31, and Tyler Belgrave-Breeds, 33, have each been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for controlling prostitution and possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
Easy, from Catford, was on the Met Police’s V100 list, which uses data analytics to identify and target men who pose the most threat to women and girls. Officers discovered evidence of Easy advertising children online, leading to his arrest in November 2021. Police seized his devices and found a series of adverts arranging sex with young girls. This resulted in safeguarding three victims aged between 13 and 17.
Further investigation traced Easy’s adverts to Belgrave-Breeds, from Walsham Close in Thamesmead, uncovering more evidence that he had paid for online ads promoting sex with the girls.
The pair appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday (June 21) and were jailed. Both were given a sexual harm prevention order and placed on the sex offenders register for seven years.
Detective Sergeant Katy Lee, who led the investigation, stated, “This investigation was complex with the team reviewing thousands of text messages and tracing different sim cards used by the suspects to try and avoid being caught. We are thorough in our work and will leave no stone unturned to build up evidence and help get these criminals behind bars and safeguard their victims from further harm. We take harm to children and girls with the utmost seriousness and I am proud we are able to protect our communities as part of our mission to make London safer for women and girls.”
Belgrave-Breeds made headlines in 2014 when he was caught on CCTV brawling with a bus driver in Bexleyheath. After his friend Shaun Dickson was asked to leave the number 89 bus for having an out-of-date pass, Belgrave-Breeds hurled abuse, repeatedly turned the mirror of the double-decker back-to-front as a prank, and threw a can of drink at the driver’s head. Dickson became involved in the scuffle, watched by dozens of school children and other onlookers at the bus stop by the Clock Tower in Bexleyheath. For that incident, Belgrave-Breeds was jailed for 14 weeks.
The successful conviction of Easy and Belgrave-Breeds highlights the ongoing efforts by law enforcement to protect vulnerable individuals and bring those who exploit them to justice.
