Mother tells teens massage parlour work (AAP)

A mother has told how she twice went to a central Christchurch massage parlour to try to find her 16-year-old daughter after hearing the girl was performing on stage. She struggled to do anything to help the girl, after being told by the authorities that girls were legally able to strip from the age of 16. "I had become aware that she was doing more than just stripping up there. She was not supposed to be doing sexual acts," the mother told a depositions hearing before Justices of the Peace in Christchurch District Court on Thursday. A suppression clamp has come back down on the case, in which a 57-year-old businesswoman is facing eight charges relating to the exploitation of two under-age sex workers. The woman originally had name suppression but the order lapsed in December and her name was published. The order was... [read full story]