TWO Wirral men jailed for running a brothel were ordered to hand over more than quarter of a million pounds between them.

Michael Kolokotroni and Adam Weir, 43, were jailed in 2015 for two years for the seedy racket and a proceeds of crime hearing has now been heard at Liverpool Crown Court.

After out-of-court discussions it was agreed that 53-year-old Kolokotroni had benefitted from the enterprise by £214,500 and Weir’s benefit was agreed to have been £671,434.

Brian McKenna, prosecuting, said financial investigations revealed that Weir, of West Road, Birkenhead, has realisable assets of £172,963 and Kolokotroni has assets of £87,500.

The judge, Recorder Richard Pratt, QC, ordered that those sums are confiscated and ordered that the two men, who were both present in court, hand them over within three months.

If they fail to do so both Weir and Kolokotroni, a father-of-three, of Osmaston Road, Prenton, face 18 months in prison in default.

The two men had denied keeping the ‘gentlemen’s club’, Mr Magoo's in Grange Road East, Birkenhead, as a brothel between January 2013 and June 2014.

But a jury found them both guilty and they were jailed in February 2015.

During their trial the court heard that when police raided the premises in June 2014 they found it contained dancing poles and a wooden frame covered in buckles.

The premises had an adult entertainment licence, but this did not allow it to operate as a brothel.

Mr McKenna showed pictures of the brothel to the court. He described how one showed “a mirror on the ceiling” and a contraption attached to the wall with buckles, telling the jury: “you can make up your own minds as to what that is used for”.

One photograph showed a sign saying: “Mr Magoo’s Gentleman’s Club – discrete location, stunning ladies 24/7”.

Before closing down the club, an undercover officer posed as a customer.

Mr McKenna said he “went to a room with a female and in a time-honoured way, made his excuses and left”.

Kolokotroni owned the property with his wife, and rented it out. He claimed he had “no knowledge” that the building was being used as a brothel.

Weir said he knew it was a brothel, but was not involved in managing or organising it, and took no money from it. He was seen there on CCTV on many occasions.

The court heard that a ledger showed that in one week it made a £3,000 profit.

Kolokotroni had also been convicted of the keeping a brothel in April 2012 and Weir convicted of the same offence in January 2005.