FOUR men and a woman were at the centre of an internet escort agency and debt frauds fleecing consumers of £5.7 million, Ipswich Crown Court heard this afternoon.

Mark Bell, 41, of Westerfield Road, Ipswich; Colin Samuels, 61, of The Street, Redgrave; Christopher Taylor, 56, of Oxford Road, Wakefield; Bradley Rogers, 28, of Malaga and Geraldine French, 60, of Lowestoft have all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to defraud and money laundering charges.

The case continues.

See tomorrow’s paper for more details.