Businessman reveals brothel plan to court

A businessman has described how he became involved in setting up a brothel in Stafford.

Philip Kilday told the jury at Stafford Crown Court he was planning to start a sex webcasting service with a colleague, Robert Worrall, but they needed money to launch it.

He revealed the brothel in Sash Court was open from 10am until 7pm weekdays with one prostitute there. He claimed a receptionist would answer calls. Prices were set at £60 for half an hour, £120 for an hour.

From a fee of £60, the prostitute kept £35, the receptionist £10 and the rest went to the company.

Mr Kilday said the original business would have involved girls chatting with men about sex via webcams, text messaging and phone, run by remote control from Stoke-on-Trent, with the flat in Sash Court, Stafford used for the girls.

He told the court: "To do it properly we needed £4,000 to 5,000. It was suggested to me we could make money by using it with a girl based there.

"After a few meetings we discussed how that would be, with a receptionist and a girl working there as a prostitute," Kilday said.

Kilday, aged 49, formerly of Grove Road, Stoke on Trent, now living in South Wales, has admitted conspiracy to keep a brothel.

But four other co-defendants, Robert Worrall, aged 57 and his son Simon, aged 29, both of Grove Road, Stoke on Trent; Sandra Williams, aged 58, of Hempstalls Lane, Newcastle under Lyme and Tracey Scott, aged 39, of Harney Court, Rugeley, all deny the charge.

The two women and Robert Worrall also deny entering into an arrangement concerning the proceeds of the alleged brothel.

Giving evidence for the prosecution, Kilday was asked who had made the suggestion about using Sash Court for a prostitute.

"Sandra and Rob had discussed it before I was approached, because I wasn't interested in doing it that way."

Kilday said he and Robert Worrall had set up a company for the webcasting called EA Trading.

The trial is continuing.