JAILED: Prostitute carried out sex attack on man with cerebral palsy

Lyndsey Anslow took a mobile phone and bus pass from the vulnerable 33-year-old as he walked to his home in Dudley.

The court heard she had a history of targeting vulnerable people, including two men in wheelchairs.

Judge Waite told her: "You have an appalling record of dishonesty."

Miss Lynette McClement, prosecuting, said the victim was approached by Anslow, aged 35, after getting off his bus at around 10pm in October last year and asked if he wanted to 'do business' for £5.

He declined, understanding that she meant prostituted sex, but Anslow grabbed him by the arm and walked him to a spot between houses where she performed a sexual act on him.

He pleaded with Anslow to stop, telling her his parents would be worried about him, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.

Miss McClement said the victim suffered from moderate learning difficulties and had a limited ability to communicate with others but had made it clear to Anslow he wanted her to stop.

"All he wanted to do was go home. He described feeling sick, upset and scared. He spoke of looking up at the sky, telling Anslow he needed to go home," she said.

Afterwards Anslow suggested going to a friend's house but again he declined and this time she left.

When he later got home he realised his phone and bus pass were missing from his shoulder bag, and could not sleep that night for worrying, the court heard.

The next day he told his mother about their disappearance, although not about the sexual assault, and showed her where he thought Anslow lived.

She challenged Anslow who said she would return the phone and indicated they might find the bus pass in a nearby bin, which they did, said Miss McClement.

The victim's mother later reported Anslow who was arrested.

The court heard she had several convictions involving prostitution, fraud and theft.

In November she was convicted of two thefts from wheelchair-bound men to whom she had offered sexual services, stealing £30 from the first but was caught while trying to unzip the second victim's bag. She is currently serving a 27-month sentence for burglary.

Mr Timothy Sapwell, defending, said the defendant was affected by a relationship breakdown at the time and since the death of her mother in 2015 had had no-one to turn to.

The prostitution and thefts fed her Class A drug habit, the court heard.

Judge Waite told her: "You have an appalling record of dishonesty, including offences involving vulnerable men. You have associated offers of sexual favours in the hope it was less likely they would report the thefts."

She was sentenced to 16 months in prison.