They told the court that between 1998 and December 2022, Booth engaged in a "consistent course of conduct of recruiting women, both from the United Kingdom and abroad" for the purposes of "isolating them, either at Lochdhu Lodge... far from their homes, and thereafter submitting them to violent beatings and forcing them, through threats of violence, to perform sexual acts on him".
He added: "Given the evidence presented by the pursuer, I had no difficulty coming to the conclusion that the defender has, consistently over many years, been engaged in a course of conduct involving the targeting of financially vulnerable women whom he subsequently coerces into submitting to abuse, and in doing so committed acts of human trafficking and exploitation.
Lawyers for the police asked Sheriff Wilson to pass a trafficking and exploitation order for five years under terms of section 26 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015.
Booth's actions at the lodge prompted Sir Iain Livingstone, then the chief constable of Police Scotland, to raise a civil action against him at Wick Sheriff Court.
Kevin Booth - once described as a millionaire racing tipster - recruited women from the UK and abroad to come to Lochdhu Lodge in Altnabreac and administered so-called "punishment beatings" to them.
