{"id":535873,"date":"2026-04-17T11:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535873\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:37:13","slug":"dad-jailed-over-birmingham-brothels-after-police-find-scantily-clad-women-in-posh-apartment-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535873\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad jailed over Birmingham brothels after police find ‘scantily clad’ women in posh apartment blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Partially-clothed women, oil and baby wipes were found at two addresses which were barely furnished\"Dongping<\/p>\n

Dongping Xiao was jailed for running a brothel in a flat in Deritend<\/p>\n

A dad who stayed in the UK illegally has been jailed for running two brothels hidden in housing blocks in Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police found Dongping Xiao at properties in Alfred Knight Way in Edgbaston<\/a> and the Abacus Building apartment block on Alcester Street, Deritend.<\/p>\n

Two scantily clad women were present at both premises along with items associated with sex work such as baby wipes and oil in the bedrooms.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Birmingham woman spent 16 years in prison for a ’21-month’ crime – now she’s in jail again<\/a><\/p>\n

Xiao, 42, is a Chinese national and an illegal overstayer in the UK.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty to two charges of running a brothel but it was believed he was doing so for someone else higher up the criminal chain, a court heard.<\/p>\n

Xiao was sentenced to 12 months at Birmingham Crown Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The apartment block at Alfred Knight Way<\/p>\n

Police attended the address at Alfred Knight Way on September 30 last year.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Gary Cook said Xiao made ‘conspicuous efforts for them to talk to him outside the property’.<\/p>\n

He continued: “Officers persuaded him to let them in. Two females were within the property wearing very little clothing.<\/p>\n

“It was sparsely furnished and oil and wipes were in the bedrooms consistent with sex working.<\/p>\n

“As police entered a customer was leaving the premises, he proffers he came for a massage.”<\/p>\n

Xiao was then at a flat at the Abacus Building which police raided on February 9 this year.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Abacus Building in Deritend, Birmingham<\/p>\n

Mr Cook confirmed two ‘scantily clad’ women were also present at the address which had little furniture and the ‘paraphernalia consistent with sex work’.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor told the court: “The defendant claimed to be at the address because he had nowhere else to go.<\/p>\n

“He said he had been there for a month. He asserted he cooked and cleaned and he was there to look after them.<\/p>\n

“He’s in this country illegally and has no status.”<\/p>\n

One of the women said she picked up work on the street and charged between \u00a330 and \u00a360.<\/p>\n

\"Dongping<\/p>\n

Dongping Xiao(Image: West Midlands Police)<\/p>\n

Xiao was found with \u00a3760 in cash on him while bank cards and correspondence in his name were discovered at the address.<\/p>\n

Messages on his phone showed he was in discussion with the landlord about rent payments.<\/p>\n

Tony Montgomery, defending, confirmed Xiao’s family, wife and child remained in China.<\/p>\n

He said: “There is a hierarchy to criminal enterprises of this sort.<\/p>\n

“Somebody higher up offered this employment in this enterprise. He unwisely took it.”<\/p>\n

Judge Andrew Smith, passing sentence on Wednesday, April 15, told Xiao: “At the time you committed these offences you were an overstayer in the UK.<\/p>\n

“The brothels were in the overall control of others higher up in the chain.<\/p>\n

“Your role was to look after the accommodation, to open the door to customers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Partially-clothed women, oil and baby wipes were found at two addresses which were barely furnished Dongping Xiao was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8968,1343,69696,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-535873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-birmingham-crown-court","tag-courts","tag-edgbaston","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}