text: A notorious brothel at the centre of Australia's first ever sex slavery case has gone on sale in a trendy Melbourne suburb. The Edwardian-style building and shopfront on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy was once owned by Wei Tang who was convicted in 2006 of keeping five Thai women as sex slaves. The brothel, formerly known as Club 417, has six bedrooms each with its own shower or spa, as well as a large lounge with a bar and a sitting room. The Edwardian-style building and shopfront on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy was once owned by Wei Tang who was convicted in 2006 of keeping five Thai women as sex slaves . It has been listed for sale through Barry Plant Real Estate and is being marketed on its potential for a range of uses including a 'business, bar, restaurant, student accommodation and any number of other options'. The property even comes with a brothel licence, according to the advertisement. The brothel, which was also known as Fair Lady Studio massage parlour, is currently between a t-shirt shop and television repair company, Fairfax Media reports. In 2008, the brothel's owner Tang became the first person to be found guilty under Australia's sexual servitude laws for forcing the Thai women to work at Club 417. The brothel, formerly known as Club 417, has six bedrooms each with its own shower or spa, as well as a large lounge with a bar and a sitting room . In 2008, the brothel's owner Tang became the first person to be found guilty under Australia's sexual servitude laws for forcing the Thai women to work at Club 417 . She was convicted two years before for holding the five women as slaves, but it took the court some time to define exactly what constituted a sex slave. Tang was sentenced to 10 years behind bars. The women, who worked six days a week, were brought out from Thailand and were forced to work to pay off the debts incurred by bringing them to Melbourne. It's listed for sale through Barry Plant Real Estate and is being marketed on its potential for a range of uses . The property stopped operating as a brothel in December 2013 and been vacant ever since. Selling agent Jim Dimitropoulos from Barry Plant Preston has indicated the price guide for the shopfront property is $1.3 million. The property at 417 Bruswick Street, Fitzroy will go under the hammer on May 1. The brothel comes with plenty of rear access from its former role . The building and shopfront of the building on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy, which was was once owned by Wei Tang, who was convicted in 2006 of keeping five Thai women as sex slaves . .
target: Six-bedroom brothel in Melbourne's Fitzroy will go up for auction on May 1 .
  Edwardian-style shopfront was owned by Wei Tang who was jailed for keeping five Thai women as sex slaves .
  Property, formerly known as Club 417, comes with a brothel licence .
  Tang was convicted in 2006 for forcing women to work off debts incurred by bringing them from Thailand to Australia .
  It stopped operating as a brothel in 2013 and has been vacant ever since .