A year ago, women in a rural area of eastern England were left in terror after the bodies of five murdered prostitutes were discovered in the space of 11 days, a killing spree unprecedented in British criminal history.
The naked bodies of Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls were found dumped around the town of Ipswich, provoking an immense police search, a media frenzy, and sending the country into shock.
But the deaths of the five young women, all under the age of 30 who had turned to prostitution because of drugs, also elicited a wave of sympathy and soul-searching about how the victims from loving families had fallen into a profession which had put their lives in danger.
What should be done remains a divisive issue, with women's groups, backed by academics, demanding tolerance and decriminalisation, while senior government ministers talk about an outright ban, mimicking the policy in Sweden.
Paying for sex in Britain is not a crime, however soliciting for sex or running brothels is illegal.
"I think we do need to have a debate and unless you tackle the demand side of human trafficking, which is fuelling this trade, we will not be able to protect women from it," said Harriet Harman, Women's Minister and deputy Labour Party leader last month.
"That is what they've done in Sweden. My own personal view is that's what we need to do as a next step."
The Home Office has said it is carrying out a short-term review to see what else can be done to tackle the demand for prostitution.
In the aftermath of the murders in Ipswich, the town council announced a new prostitution strategy with the aim of providing help to get women off the streets while getting tough on their clients.
The council says the number of sex workers in the town has fallen so there are just two or three working now while more than 120 men have been arrested for kerb-crawling.
Hannah-Jo Besley, chairman of the Ipswich Prostitution Steering Group, said that five years ago more than 100 women were working as prostitutes in Ipswich and last year there had been a "core group" of between 35 and 40, of which 15 or 16 were persistent workers.
"Because they have not got the fuel of kerb-crawlers because of the huge enforcement we have managed to engage with them a lot better," she said.
But this approach has failed to convince campaign groups and experts on the sex industry.
