Brothel owner ‘was rapist’

A brothel owner turned residential homes into bordellos and raped his workers at least ten times, a court heard. David Archer, 53, also set up businesses in ‘semi-legitimate’ hotels, where the general public also stayed, jurors heard. The Excel Hotel in Plaistow and the Travel Inn in Forest Gate, east London, had rooms that Archer used for his sex workers, it is claimed. He also ran brothels from homes in Wanstead and Fulham, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. Archer created online…