Transsexual dressed in lingerie opened brothel door to gardaí

A Venezuelan transsexual dressed in lingerie answered the door to Cork detectives investigating a reported brothel, but the accused denied a charge yesterday of being party to the use of the premises as a brothel.

Sex toys, bedrooms with darkened windows and red light bulbs, condoms, uniforms, lingerie and cash of €13,000 and £720 were found during a search of the house at 91 Great William O’Brien St, Cork, on Aug 12, 2011.

Raul Alvarado, aged 40, a transsexual from Venezuela, living in Cork, denied the charge yesterday of willfully being a party to the use of the premises as a brothel on that date. Questioned about being a male or a female, Alvarado told gardaí, “I am saving money for my operation . . . I still have a penis and boobies.”