MURDERED teenager Carly Bateman was just one of a dozen teenage prostitutes who regularly sold sex on the streets of Bolton.
The 17-year-old became embroiled in the seedy world of vice two years ago to fund her heroin addiction.
But drugs is not the only reason the girls solicit themselves. BEN Crime Reporter Lucie McFall spoke to two young prostitutes to find out why they ply their trade on street corners in Bolton every night.
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