Two men and two women today denied conspiring together with others to keep and manage brothels in the Norwich area over a three-year period when they appeared at Norwich Crown Court.

Two men and two women today denied conspiring together with others to keep and manage brothels in the Norwich area over a three-year period when they appeared at Norwich Crown Court.

Elizabeth Barrington-Beale, 52, of Copenhagen Way, Norwich, Gareth Stone, 25, of Woodford Road, Heartsease, Adrian Coe, 49, of Atkinson Close, Bowthorpe, and Sarah Taylor, 37, of Sheepwalk, Peterborough, also pleaded not guilty to three counts of keeping and managing brothels in the St Augustine's area of Norwich from March 2006 to March 2007.

They were all given conditional bail until February 4 next year.