Man and woman guilty of brothel-keeping avoid jail

A Dublin company executive and a Brazilian woman, who directed one of the most sophisticated prostitution operations of its kind in the Mid-West region, yesterday walked free from court.

Man and woman guilty of brothel-keeping avoid jail
Sat, 20 Jun, 2015 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe - Mid-West Correspondent

Thomas Lyons, aged 57, of The Warren Malahide and Zelandia Silva, aged 46, with an address at O’Callaghan Strand, Limerick, pleaded guilty to three counts of brothel-keeping at Bishop’s Quay, Harvey’s Quay and Grove Island between August 2010 and July 2011.

Lyons received a four-year suspended jail sentence and Silva was given a suspended 18-month jail sentence.

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