Magistrate Priyantha Liyange has ruled that there is a case to answer for Gita Mani who is charged with managing a brothel in Samabula.
Defence lawyer Jitend Reddy had filed a no case to answer application stating that the witnesses have not given sufficient evidence to prove that the accused was running a brothel.
Mani is charged with managing a brothel in 2010.
The court was told that Gita Mani was the owner and operator of Farry’s Massage Parlor in Samabula and she allegedly arranged for clients to pay for sex at the massage parlor.
It was also heard in court that she had about six women that worked at the massage parlor and they would have sex with the clients for money.
A prosecution witness had earlier told the court that the service charges range from $30 to $100.
A case against Gita Mani was previously dismissed in 2013 by Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili after witnesses could not be located.
In that case, Gita Mani was charged with allegedly setting up brothels at Ratu Mara Road and Toorak Road.
The case will be called for mention on 12th November, 2017.
