Three women front Toowoomba court on prostitution

THE three women were charged as a result of an undercover cop attending the Toowoomba motel where they were working.

The trio pleaded guilty to knowingly participating in prostitution in Toowoomba.

THREE women  charged with being involved in a prostitution ring in Toowoomba fronted the city's Magistrates Court yesterday.

The Chinese nationals each pleaded guilty through a Mandarin interpreter to knowingly participating in prostitution.

Aixiang Lee, 53, didn't offer sexual services herself but was fined $6672 for running the business, police prosecutor Sergeant Natalie Bugden said.

She was fined a further $1000 by Magistrate Graham Lee who ordered the conviction not be recorded.

The court heard the women had set up a base at the Raceview Motor Inn in July.

Yan Liu, 48, who admitted to being a sex worker, was fined $2000, conviction not recorded, for her involvement.

Shibi Li, 56, was fined $1500 with no conviction recorded and ordered to forfeit $755 cash and a mobile phone used in the operation.

The court heard Li had offered sexual services along with a massage at $130 for 30 minutes, $200 for an hour, with $50 extra if a condom wasn't used.

Originally published as Three women front Toowoomba court on prostitution