Thursday, September 11, 2008

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'Massage not sex' says woman on trial By Court Reporter A WOMAN accused of keeping a brothel used for prostitution denied knowing sexual activity was being carried out for clients at the premises.
Hua Si, 43, said she thought girls at the homes in Bishop's Stortford and Harlow were only giving Chinese massage.
Giving evidence at St Albans Crown Court, she said: 'In China, massage is normal and popular and that is all it is.'
Si admitted to prosecutor Peter Shaw she had placed newspaper adverts for the Chinese massage, but denied they referred to sexual services. 'Chinese massage to me means just a massage,' she said.
The jury heard on Thursday that three addresses at Bakers Court, off Hockerill Street, Bishop's Stortford, then Newtown Road, Bishop's Stortford, and finally a flat at Barleycroft in Harlow, were used as brothels.
Christopher Moore, 55, of Horsley Road, Chingford, 54-year-old Colin Woolgar, of Millwards, Harlow and Wang Li, 41, formerly of Bearnatten Park, Royston Road, Saffron Walden, now of All Saints Road, Newmarket, have admitted to running the brothels.
But Si, of Risdens in Harlow, denies any involvement.
She said she was unaware of the true nature of the business run by her friends at the properties and was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was in the Barleycroft flat when police invaded.
She told the court on Friday (September 5) she had been at the address with Woolgar because he had been giving her a lift and they had stopped off at the property to deliver some fish to the girls who lived there.
Mr Shaw said to her: 'I put it to you that you went to the address with food and clothing provisions with Woolgar to help the women you knew to be prostitutes.'
She replied: 'No, I was just there so Mr Woolgar could deliver the fish he had kept in his freezer.'
Mr Shaw alleged Si assisted at each brothel and sent money earned at them to China. But the defendant said she did not think the money her friends earned was from prostitution but from working in Chinese restaurants.
She said: 'My friends here did not have bank accounts so they ask me to pay their money into my account and send it to China which I did.' She admitted the sums she sent on ranged from 2,000-5,000.
'How did you think they could earn these sums of money?' Mr Shaw asked her. 'Isn't it true Chinese restaurants are notoriously badly paid?'
Si replied: 'Wages can be low when you are starting out but you can earn more with tips.'
The case continues.




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