Group helped women testify
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RUHAMA, the organisation which works with prostitutes, other sex workers and women who've been trafficked, said that TJ Carroll should have received a 'greater sentence' because of the seriousness of his crimes.
'We see the human face of these crimes and we would have expected (TJ Carroll) to have received a longer sentence,' Gerardine Rowley, PR for Ruhama, said. 'We have supported women who have worked for his criminal gang and though I can't go into specific details, some of them would have been from the Carlow area.'
Once the trafficked sex workers were discovered, they received the support from Ruhama's councillors and therefore helped the police forces to secure evidence against the two Carrolls and Clark.
Police chiefs working on the investigation last week publicly acknowledged Ruhama's role in enabling the terrified women to testify against their former bosses, testimonies that helped put the gang away.
'We are extremely grateful to have had the expertise of Ruhama in supporting the victims of this case and in securing the convictions,' a spokesperson for the Serious Organised Crime Agency said.
