Entrepreneur's 'porn disco' activities banned

The High Court imposed a permanent ban yesterday on an entrepreneur's use of a historic London house for activities including a "porn disco", a sex party and pole dancing lessons.

Westminster City Council took legal proceedings against Edward Davenport over a series of high-profile events at 33 Portland Place, the five-storey 110-room former High Commission of Sierra Leone and Gambia.

It told Mr Justice Eady there had been "persistent and flagrant" planning breaches, with the 18th century Robert Adam mansion having been used for a number of years for commercial rather than residential purposes.