Madam ran high-class brothels from waterfront apartments (From Daily Echo)
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Madam Suzanna Symington ran high-class brothels from Ocean Village apartments
9:20am Wednesday 12th December 2012 in News
By Sian Davies, Senior News Reporter
Suzanna Symington
ALL SUZANNA Symington dreamed of was becoming a self-styled millionairess with a home in the sun complete with swimming pool and a book deal chronicling how she made her fortune.
To achieve her ambition, however, Suzanna Symington became a madam, running a high-class brothel from luxury penthouse flats in Southampton.
She was well on her way to achieving her goal when the operation she was running was raided by police after only a few months.
Southampton Crown Court heard how the 29-year-old began working as a prostitute when her gambler boyfriend left her with crippling debts.
Prosecutor David Jenkins said she offered a variety of services from escorting to life coaching and full sex.
Such was the success of her business she decided to rent two flats in the upmarket Ocean Village and run them as brothels, he said.
Symington, of Ocean Way, Ocean Village, recruited girls to work from the penthouse flats under the agency name of Elite Devine Honeys in what was described by Mr Jenkins as “a very high-class set up”.
The girls were provided with accommodation, security camera, video intercom along with contraceptives and a variety of sex toys.
Charging anything from £80 for “girlfriend experiences” to £2,000 for a weekend, Symington, who worked under the name of Lucy Devine, took a cut of the profits from which she paid the rent and other utility bills.
Over the course of the four months the brothel was operational from May to August last year police believe the business made almost £34,000.
When the search warrant was executed by police a purse containing £13,410 in cash was found along with a quantity of amphetamine that Symington later said in interview was for personal use to help her lose weight.
Dressed in a figure hugging black suit with animal print collar and cuffs, Symington sat motionless during the hearing, only stifling a smile when details of her on-line advertisement describing herself as “a young dark haired babe” who was “perfect and perky” were read out.
Mitigating for Symington, who was found guilty of controlling or managing a brothel for the use of prostitution, possessing criminal property – meaning the profits – and admitted possessing a class B drug, Toby Long said she had been “disarmingly” honest and had cooperated fully with police.
He said that her former boyfriend had all but coerced her into opening the brothels and had taken much of the profits she was making for himself.
Sentencing her to seven months in prison, suspended for a year and imposing a £250 fine, Recorder Nigel Pascoe said to Symington: “In life there are sometimes turning points and you may like to consider that not going to prison today maybe the turning point in your life, but that is a matter for you.”
Comments(24)
MGRA
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9:30am Wed 12 Dec 12
Sovietobserver
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9:30am Wed 12 Dec 12
Sovietobserver
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9:55am Wed 12 Dec 12
St Retford
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9:55am Wed 12 Dec 12
It was the same at school. I used to buy big bags of sweets from Woolworths and had a thriving little trade selling them individually at lunch time. When the teachers found out do you think they said "Oh, well done, here's a grant to expand your business and here's a list of courses you can take to stimulate your burgeoning business brain."? No, they gave me TWO detentions and told me to stop.
This country...
miltonarcher
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9:58am Wed 12 Dec 12
Rockhopper
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9:58am Wed 12 Dec 12
St Retford
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10:24am Wed 12 Dec 12
Rockhopper wrote:I do think that would make a cracking item on Watchdog. That bloke on his motorbike could go around comparing the cards you find in phone boxes to the reality awaiting you when you turn up round their flat. You'd have an expert watching secretly-filmed footage as the two of them 'go through with it' and he'd be saying things like "See that? No way is that 'pert'" or "Now that was just basic - she shouldn't be charging more than £50 for that".
Under the trade descriptions act shouldn't they also prosecute her for the misleading on line advert description of 'perfect' 'young' 'babe' all of which from the picture are far from the truth!
Somebody get Anne Robinson on the phone.
Sovietobserver
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10:33am Wed 12 Dec 12
St Retford wrote:That bloke on the motorbike,Dan Penteado, with his record,could also give them advice on benefit and council tax fraud at the same time.
Rockhopper wrote:I do think that would make a cracking item on Watchdog. That bloke on his motorbike could go around comparing the cards you find in phone boxes to the reality awaiting you when you turn up round their flat. You'd have an expert watching secretly-filmed footage as the two of them 'go through with it' and he'd be saying things like "See that? No way is that 'pert'" or "Now that was just basic - she shouldn't be charging more than £50 for that".
Under the trade descriptions act shouldn't they also prosecute her for the misleading on line advert description of 'perfect' 'young' 'babe' all of which from the picture are far from the truth!
Somebody get Anne Robinson on the phone.
kingnotail
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11:14am Wed 12 Dec 12
Subject48
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11:31am Wed 12 Dec 12
This is going to keep happening. More resources put towards combating this sort of enterprise because its easy to do so, and shows as great result when shown in the right light.
Its blow out of proportion, and used as propaganda tools to show the masses how great a job the police is doing. All for a self serving political agenda creating a portfolio for future elections. meanwhile the real scum are allowed to carry on in their merry ways because the police is tied up doing this sort of thing, thinning out already a thin barrier....
Big Mac
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12:00pm Wed 12 Dec 12
loosehead
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12:35pm Wed 12 Dec 12
Normandy
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12:46pm Wed 12 Dec 12
miltonarcher wrote:Agree, how much time and money did they (the police) spend catching her, and how much time have they put in to trying to catch the low life that attacked the blind person and the guidedog for example, I would be very intested to know. What a joke, who makes these decisions on police priorites, they should give answers.
Well done to the police on this one. Meanwhile, muggers, thieves and other real criminals stay free to blight our lives.
st1halo
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1:02pm Wed 12 Dec 12
St Retford wrote:Yes but you were 35 years old at the time. haha
It is any wonder this country is in the financial mire when anyone with a bit of entrepreneurial spirit is crushed the moment their business begins to take off?
It was the same at school. I used to buy big bags of sweets from Woolworths and had a thriving little trade selling them individually at lunch time. When the teachers found out do you think they said "Oh, well done, here's a grant to expand your business and here's a list of courses you can take to stimulate your burgeoning business brain."? No, they gave me TWO detentions and told me to stop.
This country...
jazzi
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1:48pm Wed 12 Dec 12
st1halo wrote:hehehehe, best chuckle in ages TY.
St Retford wrote:Yes but you were 35 years old at the time. haha
It is any wonder this country is in the financial mire when anyone with a bit of entrepreneurial spirit is crushed the moment their business begins to take off?
It was the same at school. I used to buy big bags of sweets from Woolworths and had a thriving little trade selling them individually at lunch time. When the teachers found out do you think they said "Oh, well done, here's a grant to expand your business and here's a list of courses you can take to stimulate your burgeoning business brain."? No, they gave me TWO detentions and told me to stop.
This country...
Linesman
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2:11pm Wed 12 Dec 12
jazzi wrote:Did he buy his suits at Savile Row?
st1halo wrote:hehehehe, best chuckle in ages TY.
St Retford wrote:Yes but you were 35 years old at the time. haha
It is any wonder this country is in the financial mire when anyone with a bit of entrepreneurial spirit is crushed the moment their business begins to take off?
It was the same at school. I used to buy big bags of sweets from Woolworths and had a thriving little trade selling them individually at lunch time. When the teachers found out do you think they said "Oh, well done, here's a grant to expand your business and here's a list of courses you can take to stimulate your burgeoning business brain."? No, they gave me TWO detentions and told me to stop.
This country...
Linesman
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2:12pm Wed 12 Dec 12
IronLady2010
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7:32pm Wed 12 Dec 12
Having your door knocked at 2am as the client is drunk and is asking which property is the ladies place. Having fag butts chucked on your garden whilst they're plucking up the courage to go inside. Then the drug dealers who hang around trying to sell their gear to visitors.
One criminal activity leads to many others. It's not nice living next door to one of these places, I can speak from experience, especially when you live in a so called 'nice area'.
Sovietobserver
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8:58pm Wed 12 Dec 12
Surprise, surprise.
sarfhamton
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10:24am Thu 13 Dec 12
IronLady2010 wrote:How much do you charge?
It's difficult to understand the problems Brothels cause until you live next to one.
Having your door knocked at 2am as the client is drunk and is asking which property is the ladies place. Having fag butts chucked on your garden whilst they're plucking up the courage to go inside. Then the drug dealers who hang around trying to sell their gear to visitors.
One criminal activity leads to many others. It's not nice living next door to one of these places, I can speak from experience, especially when you live in a so called 'nice area'.
loosehead
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10:27am Thu 13 Dec 12
sarfhamton wrote:Can you honestly afford a "classy Lady like Ironlady"
IronLady2010 wrote:How much do you charge?
It's difficult to understand the problems Brothels cause until you live next to one.
Having your door knocked at 2am as the client is drunk and is asking which property is the ladies place. Having fag butts chucked on your garden whilst they're plucking up the courage to go inside. Then the drug dealers who hang around trying to sell their gear to visitors.
One criminal activity leads to many others. It's not nice living next door to one of these places, I can speak from experience, especially when you live in a so called 'nice area'.
Take out a mortgage & it wouldn't be enough as this Lady's not for sale.
I hope that was a good enough reply on your behalf Ironlady?
100%HANTSBOY
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7:47pm Thu 13 Dec 12
loosehead wrote:Check out other stories,Loserhead,he has nothing good to say about Southampton,which in my opinion,suggests he is from outside Southampton probably PO postcode...I am a Sotonion through and through...read the signs you numpty!
100%HANTSBOY wrote:So anyone quoting on Kingnotails posts are a Troll so exactly what does that make you?
Lockssmart wrote:Beware the fish fiddling Trolls!!
kingnotail wrote:Big caravans!
'Luxury penthouse flats in Southampton'. Joking, yes?
HANTSBOY? Portsmouth Boy? or as you call others TROLL?
loosehead
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9:13pm Thu 13 Dec 12
100%HANTSBOY wrote:read your other post So again I'll say sorry thought you were aiming this at me hence the reply.
loosehead wrote:Check out other stories,Loserhead,he has nothing good to say about Southampton,which in my opinion,suggests he is from outside Southampton probably PO postcode...I am a Sotonion through and through...read the signs you numpty!
100%HANTSBOY wrote:So anyone quoting on Kingnotails posts are a Troll so exactly what does that make you?
Lockssmart wrote:Beware the fish fiddling Trolls!!
kingnotail wrote:Big caravans!
'Luxury penthouse flats in Southampton'. Joking, yes?
HANTSBOY? Portsmouth Boy? or as you call others TROLL?
Maine Lobster says...
9:29am Wed 12 Dec 12