A CONFISCATION hearing into the assets of a man jailed for running a brothel will take place today.
John Middleton ran a brothel at the Pleasure Zone sex shop, in Darlington, and in a caravan on the A1 near Bedale, North Yorkshire, with up to 20 prostitutes working for him.
He was jailed in February for a year after he admitted two counts of living off the earnings of prostitution, but his prison term was reduced by three months on appeal.
A three-day hearing into the 61-year-old's assets, which have been frozen and believed to be in the region of £1m, will begin at Teesside Crown Court this afternoon.
Middleton, formerly of Barrenthwaite Hall, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, was caught after undercover police officers visited the upstairs parlour and were offered sexual services as well as massages
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