A recent story reported that a Horley, England man who ran a brothel in the town has been jailed for a year. The convicted man, Roger Durrell, employed Lithuanian girls to entertain clients.
Lewes Crown Court heard last Wednesday how he charged customers up to a £100 fee for services advertised in local newspapers.
Stephen Shay, prosecutor, told the court it was "common knowledge" that sex could be bought for £60 at the brothel, which was raided last April.
“An undercover officer telephoned a number for the brothel advertised as an escort service in local newspapers,” Shay told the ic Surrey. “He was quoted a price of between £60 and £100 depending on what he wanted and how long he wanted to take.”
The story reported that Durrell pleaded guilty to managing a brothel and transferring criminal property in June of 2003.
The report also said that the court was also told he had £168,000 in bank accounts controlled by him or his Lithuanian wife Loretta, 33. She was also charged but the case against her was dropped.
Waylen Barnaby, defending, told the court, “This is someone who provided a facility which enabled people who chose to come to this country to work safely within the sex trade. The attitude to prostitution in Lithuania is rather less strict than it is in this country. Clearly the girls wanted to come here and were free to come and go when they wanted.”
Judge Guy Anthony jailed Durrell for nine months for managing a brothel and three months for transferring criminal property, to run consecutively.
The story concluded by saying that Durrell is to face a confiscation hearing in May.
