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WOMAN FORCED INTO PROSTITUTION SAYS SHE WAS SCARED FOR HER LIFE
Robert Albert Rodgers, aged 77 and from Antrim Road in Belfast, admitted one charge of brothel keeping between February 9, 2009 and June 8, 2022.
He also admitted three counts of controlling prostitution for gain spanning from February 3, 2015 to September 30, 2020.
Rodgers was subject to a two-year Probation Order as an alternative to immediate custody.
Det Insp Miskelly highlighted that Rodgers facilitated meetings between women and sex buyers at a brothel operated from his home in north Belfast.
The case was part of a network of older local men targeting vulnerable women for sexual exploitation, and Rodgers played a central role in facilitating this exploitation.
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Robert Albert Rodgers, aged 77 and from Antrim Road in Belfast, admitted one charge of brothel keeping between February 9, 2009 and June 8, 2022. He also admitted three counts of controlling prostitution for gain spanning from February 3...
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Rodgers was subject to a two-year Probation Order as an alternative to immediate custody
