Man told police he had paid £80 for a massage in Dungannon before admitting he had sex
A man has pleaded guilty to paying for sex in Dungannon.
District Judge Francis Rafferty had adjourned the case from a previous sitting of the local magistrates court to obtain a short pre-sentence report on the accused.
The earlier court was told that 32-year-old Irmantas Stuina, of Parkwood Manor, Dungannon, had been spotted by members of a police patrol leaving a flats complex on October 11 last year.
The court heard at approximately 8.30pm, police were on mobile patrol at Ballygawley Road, when they observed a male leaving the complex.
Prosecuting counsel said that they could tell from his body language that he was nervous and they stopped and spoke to him.
He said they asked Stuina what he had been doing and he told them he had had a massage.
Stuina then told the police he had paid £80 for sex and indicated that he was ashamed and embarrassed, the lawyer added.
He was fined £400 with a £15 offender's levy.