A former prostitute who ran a million pound brothel empire has been jailed for 12 months.

Annabel Wise, of Church Road, Milton-under-Wychwood, west Oxfordshire, ran a brothel at Middle Way, Summertown, Oxford for almost four years.

Oxford Crown Court heard the 36-year-old probably earned about £50,000-a-year from the business, while the rest of the money was kept by the prostitutes working for her.

The court heard Wise had previously run another brothel in Oxford for two years before leasing the premises in Summertown in July, 2004.

Peter Coombe, prosecuting, said Wise's brothels took in about £600 a day, with an estimated turnover of £1.27m over six years.

Wise admitted keeping a brothel and money laundering at a previous hearing.