Woman raped child then abused her when she refused to have sex with strangers
Marilyn Wilkes burned the girl, broke her finger and shattered her ribs after she failed to bring in enough cash
A pimp was jailed for 50 years for having sex with an underage girl and assaulting her when she refused to have sex with clients.
Marilyn Joy Wilkes, 27, was condemned for punching the 16 year-old, burning her with cigarettes and stomping on her head during a hearing in Houston, Texas, on Friday.
Prosecutor Kim Ogg said: ‘Only a true predator would force a minor to become a street walker.
‘Someone who steals a child’s youth by brutally coercing them to have sex with strangers for their own profit, like in this case, deserves to spend time in prison.’
Wilkes made the girl have sex with ‘johns’ in a Houston motel, or travel to their homes for sex, throughout December 2018.
She once broke the child’s finger and ribs after she failed to bring in the $600-a-day Wilkes demanded of her.
The pimp used the cash to pay for the motel, as well as food, booze and drugs.
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Her victim’s ordeal came to an end in January 2019 after she managed to use a client’s phone to call her mom and beg for help.
When the girl’s mother arrived and drove her away, Wilkes gave chase in her car at high speed.
The mom called 911, with a police officer meeting them in a Walmart parking lot.
Prosecutor Micala Clark said the girl suffered PTSD, insomnia and nightmares as a result of Wilkes’ abuse.
Wilkes was arrested weeks later.
She was sentenced to 25 years to run consecutively for compelling prostitution and human trafficking.
Wilkes was sentenced to another 20 years for sexually abusing the girl, who was a year younger than the age of consent in Texas at the time of Wilkes’ attack on her.