A BROTHEL owner was ordered to pay back more than £100,00 within three months or face being jailed.

Michael Emmanuel Adekoya, from Kilmington Close, Bracknell, was the manager of two brothels in Maidenhead between 2009 to 2013.

In November 2012, Thames Valley Police executed a warrant at a premises in Cookham Road and arrested then bailed the 36-year-old and another woman.

A year later, officers had established the parlour had moved to Kings Street and executed a further warrant and arrested Adekoya in June 2013 at his home address.

Adekoya was charged in January 2014 and convicted of managing or assisting in the management of two brothels under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 on January 7 at Reading crown court.

For his part, he was jailed for 20 months, suspended for 18 and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

Last week, he was ordered to pay back £116,270 within three months at a confiscation hearing at the same court on Friday, February 17 or he will have to serve one year behind bars. 

At the confiscation hearing, Adekoya was adjudged responsible for his share, deemed to be half of the of monies involved.

In July 2015, Patricia Mills, from Torrington Park, London, admitted her part in assisting or assisting in the management of these brothels.

No evidence was offered against the 45-year-old by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and another male arrested was acquitted.

“This substantial confiscation order demonstrates that after conviction, Thames Valley Police and the CPS will seek to ensure defendants will not benefit from their criminal activities,” said detective inspector Gavin Tyrell.

“The defendant had clearly benefited as a result of his 'criminal lifestyle', in his part in running of these two brothels.

“The Proceeds of Crime Act enables us to deprive criminals of what has been obtained from their crimes on top of any sentences imposed by the courts.”