Woman fined €500 for keeping brothel

A WOMAN who pleaded guilty to keeping a brothel has received a €500 fine at a district court.

Clementina Omalade Festus, aged 28, was arrested at 21 Ard na Corann, Broomfield, Midleton, Co Cork, on July 5 last and taken to Mallow Garda Station, where she admitted the offence of brothel keeping.

The Nigerian woman’s “whereabouts” was being advertised on a commercial website locally, Midleton District Court heard yesterday.