This is the filthy cellar where a pensioner was kept tied up in darkness by an escort and her lover.

Susan Garside, 53, and her lover Anthony Miller, 53, from Merseyside, betrayed the old man who thought they were his friends.

They sold him out to brutal robbers, who terrorised the victim with a knife. He was blindfolded, gagged and had his hands and feet tied up.

This is the filthy cellar where a pensioner was kept tied up in darkness by an escort and her lover

Chilling pictures show the tiny cellar which was used as the plot to 'roll the punter' - a crime where men who pay for sex are robbed in hope they will be too ashamed to go to the police

Chilling pictures show the tiny cellar which was used as the plot to 'roll the punter' - a crime where men who pay for sex are robbed in hope they will be too ashamed to go to the police.

The horrible-looking cellar contained a damp single mattress, with a pillow and yellow and rest mould stains were all over the walls.

Garside, who advertised on sex work website Adultwork.com under the name Summer Blackvelvet, and her ex-boyfriend Miller denied any involvement in the attack.

But the pair were convicted of robbery and false imprisonment on Tuesday after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court and sentenced to 15 years in jail.

Adverts still accessible on other escort websites describe Garside as a 'mature lady with lots of sexy talents' and suggest she is willing to engage in unprotected sex.

A bio states: 'I have lots of experience and also have many regulars, happy customers who love to come back and see me. So come and get me guys, you won't be disappointed.'

According to the Liverpool Echo, the victim told a jury staff caring for his wife, who has dementia, advised him to seek female company and 'have a life outside the nursing home'.

The horrible-looking cellar contained a damp single mattress, with a pillow and yellow and rest mould stains were all over the walls

Pictured is a the stairway leading to the filthy cellar, where the pensioner was locked up

Susan Garside (left), 53, and her lover Anthony Miller (right), 53, from Merseyside, betrayed the old man who thought they were his friends

He went for meals with Garside and Miller, who became jealous of the victim.

On November 4 last year, he was locked in the cellar for three hours, while the attackers withdrew £250 from two of his bank accounts.

Judge Anil Murray, passing sentence, said to Garside: 'You played a leading role...You told the jury you were fond of the complainant. This was one of the many lies you told, you used him.'

A statement from the victim, read in court, said: 'I have only ever tried to help Susan Garside, who is clearly a thoroughly unpredictable and evil woman.'



