A Rhydyfelin property has been secured by the police after it was found to be operating as a brothel.
Residents neighbouring the property in the Pontypridd village reported to the situation to the authorities after being asked by men whether it was their property sexual services were being offered at.
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SEX-PACK: Police shutdown a “brothel” on Francis Street in Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd. Courtesy: Media Wales.
Local police constable, PC Richard Williams, spoke at the court hearing following the discovery. “We will continue to work closely with RCT council and the local community to ensure that Rhydyfelin remains a safe and pleasant environment for the whole community,” he said. “This closure is an example of how seriously we take matters of crime and anti social behaviour in the Pontypridd area.
“The activity at Francis Street was causing a nuisance and concern to local residents and the effective intervention of our Neighbourhood Policing Team, and our partner agencies, has provided a resolution to the issue.”
Jonathan Bishop is an anthropologist with Crocels Research, who recently carried out a survey of sex industry establishments in Cardiff. “This shows the problem with the half-in-half-out approach taken to prostitution in England & Wales,” he said. “The government needs to introduce properly regulated sexual encounter establishments that licensing authorities can ensure they only exist in non-residential communities, so people like those in Rhydyfelin are shielded from an industry that will always exist regardless of whether or not it is illegal, which in most cases at present it isn’t, but it is still goes unregulated.“
