Edinburgh Council Bans Brothel-Running Landlord

0:00An 83-year-old man convicted of running a brothel in Edinburgh just got shut down in his bid to become a landlord. Ian Hague admitted to operating the Scorpio-Lizur Sanna as a brothel from 2016 to 2022. Last year he pleaded guilty, and now the city of Edinburgh Council's licensing committee rejected his application for two flats because he failed to. Disclosed that conviction. Police Scotland sent a letter to the committee detailing the case, which started with an investigation in August 2022 after a woman's death there. That death was ruled non-suspicious, but cops uncovered evidence of prostitution at the Sanna. Hague wasn't at Monday's meeting, and neither was anyone representing him. He declared an older conviction from September 1996 on his form, but that wasn't enough to slide this one by. The Sanna's since been turned into flats, and the committee made it clear they're serious about weeding out unfit landlords. They struck four others. Off the register that same day.

1:00This ruling shows the Council's drawing a hard line on backgrounds like Hague's, keeping the rental market clean in Edinburgh. Local news, powered by AI. This is Edinburgh News Today. I'm Corey with the story.