A taxi driver has been jailed for three months for running a brothel in the west end of Glasgow.

Desmond O'Hara, 35, answered an advert placed on the internet by a woman seeking to sub-let her property in Fergus Drive, Kelvinside, last October.

A week after the lease began, she rang to check how he was settling in and instead of O'Hara answering, she was told about "today's girl" and prices for her "services".

The owner called the police who set up a surveillance operation and saw five men visiting.

They raided the property and were met by two girls working there and a man they had seen entering.

The women were questioned and they admitted they had been "hired" by O'Hara to work as prostitutes at the flat.

One told police that O'Hara "treated them really well" and "like a true gentleman".

She added that he was not at the flat full-time, but would come for his "regular cut".

Police also seized bundles of pornography, sex toys, whips, condoms and outfits from the home.

Prosecuting at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Andrew Haughney said it became clear the flat was now "a home of sexual entertainment".

He added: "From that first phone call, it appeared sex was being offered at a price with a girl of the caller's choice."

O'Hara, a married man with two children, was interviewed at his home in Priorwood Gate, Newton Mearns, but made no comment.

But in court, he pleaded guilty to running the brothel although he claimed to have made little from the venture.

He told police that he had got involved after discussing with "other men" how he could boost his £150-a-week wages.

Sentencing, Sheriff Brian Lockhart said custody was the "only sentence he felt fit for such an offence".

He added: "I have given great consideration to what I have heard and this type of behaviour has left me with no other option."