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Two women who helped a 'respected' dog show judge run a lucrative prostitution ring described as a 'conveyor belt of cheap, sordid sex' avoided jail today.

Dog breeder Hong Chin, 45, along with partners Li Wei Gao, 44 and Ting Li Lu, 47, raked in more than £100,000 from 18 sex workers based around the British South East and South West.

Chin began his 'shameful' double life as a pimp while he managed Royal Esher Bulldogs on a country estate in Surrey . While there he adjudicated on events, including the London Bulldog Society Open Show in June 2015.

The human trafficker - a keen snooker player who met legends of the game including Jimmy White - advertised sex workers for up to £100-an-hour on 'adultwork.com' and used the profits to send his daughter to a top private school.

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He is believed to have come to the UK from Malaysia in 1998, but the Home Office has no record of when he arrived.

Chin was jailed for four years last week after he was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to control prostitution for gain and two counts of conspiracy to traffic for sexual exploitation following an Old Bailey trial in October.

Today his former partners Gao and Lu were spared jail after they were each convicted of one count of conspiracy to control prostitution for gain and one count of conspiracy to traffic for sexual exploitation.

Judge Philip Katz, QC, said: "You both chose not to give any evidence so I was unable to form a judgement of you apart from through the witnesses, which quite frankly was overwhelming."

Addressing Gao, Judge Katz said: "You have a daughter together, at some point you knew once you were in that relationship with him that he was in the business of prostitution.

"As I said when I sentenced Mr Chin, we heard from one of them in the court and her story, sad as it was, shows the level of exploitation suffered by the vulnerability of her position.

"You were the one acting as the channel of communication between the customers and the sex workers. Though you were not a founding partner you were extremely enthusiastic when you did join."

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Gao advertised the £100-an-hour escorts on 'adultwork.com' while living near Royal Esher Bulldogs in Upper Court, Portsmouth Road, Esher.

Customers are said to have paid for sex with cash for prostitutes in hotel rooms in Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, Dorset, Thames Valley and Cardiff.

Gao and Lu helped to run the escort service and traffic victims from China and South Korea between February 2013 and June 2015.

Minka Braun, defending Gao, said: 'Her daughter has been lucky enough to receive a private, paid for education.'

The judge interrupted: "Yes, while she was pimping - very, very unimpressive. As so often in these cases it is a young child who has done nothing wrong who gets caught up in this sordid business.'

Ms Braun continued: "What is plain is that, on the topic of lavish lifestyle, there is no evidence other than her education.

"She is by all accounts an exceptional child and an exceptional musician. With respect no child gets that without being parented."

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In the space of three years Chin banked more than £80,000 from the sex ring and paid £1,400 a month in private school fees for his daughter while he lived on a large country estate.

The judge said to Lu: "You had been a sex worker yourself so you came to this business with open eyes. But it is to your shame that the exploited became the exploiter."

Sarah O'Kane, defending Lu, said: "What brought them together initially was their love of dogs. Mr Chin is a dog breeder and that is what brought them together."

Chin claimed he earned extra cash through dog breeding, studding and adjudicating in dog competitions.

When the English bulldog breeder's Surrey home was raided in June 2015 police discovered £2,900 in cash, 12 mobile phones and written notes containing numbers and messages relating to sex work.

Crucially, officers discovered a Legoland pass with his photo and the name 'Goon Saw' - an alias he used to book hotel rooms.

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Last week Judge Katz told him: "This is not a court of morals, but it is for you a truly shameful situation.

'At least two of the women you arranged for them to come here for them to have their prostitution controlled by you."

The Old Bailey heard the sex ring was uncovered by a human trafficking investigation called Operation Effect, which saw police identify sex workers staying in hotels including Holiday Inn and Airport Inn in Gatwick.

Only five of them admitted to being sex workers, despite being found in hotel rooms littered with used condoms and lubricants.

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Gao, now of Heathside, Oxshott, was given a two-year sentence suspended for two years with a rehabilitation requirement of 15 days and 200 hours unpaid work for one count of conspiracy to control prostitution for gain and one count of conspiracy to traffic for sexual exploitation.

Lu, of Somers Road, Portsmouth, was given a 26-week sentence suspended for two years for one count of conspiracy to control prostitution for gain and one count of conspiracy to traffic for sexual exploitation.