SIR – Re your edition of June 3 and articles about the three girls that went missing, and how many times these girls are referred to as “vice girls”, as though that summed up just what they were.

There is more to these victims and I consider your abuse of their memory a disgrace.

What disturbs me is that you demonstrate a complete ignorance of the industry they were involved in. You should learn more before you persist in this hurtful attitude.

Who am I to castigate you? I am 81 and I am probably Bradford’s oldest son of a local prostitute.

My mother, Florence, carried out her trade on the streets of Bradford when she was very young. She became pregnant and her parents, dutifully extolling good Christian principles, threw her out on to the streets.

My mother was rescued by a Bradford rescue society called St Monica’s. When I was born, she left me there for adoption – not by a couple, but by Bradford Council.

Take heed of my plea for more caring and sensitive reporting, the people that are left behind now do the hurting. The pain is over now for the girls.

Peter Lawton-Harris, Billing View, Rawdon

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you read our coverage of these dreadful killings in the round, you will see that our reporting has been much more sensitive to the victims and their families than you suggest.