A MAN and woman denied running a brothel when they appeared before a judge at Maidstone Crown Court.

Thi Nguyen, 35, and Paul Mallinson, 38, will not stand trial until March 3 next year. They were granted bail.

Nguyen, of Peckham, east London, and Mallinson, of Jacob’s Oak, Willesborough, Ashford, are accused of keeping a brothel used for prostitution between October 24 and December 21 last year.

They were arrested after police raided a house in Wellesley Road, Ashford.