Cambridge woman Laken Rose is defending 61 sex act charges. Photo / File
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Disturbing messages on the phone of a Cambridge woman accused of child sex offending have been read at her trial.
Laken Maree Rose, 31, is defending 61 charges including sexual violation, indecently assaulting children under 12, making objectionable publications, possessing objectionable material and inducing young persons to commit indecent acts.
Four girls between 3 and 14 are cited in the charges, dated between 2014 and 2019, at various locations including Palmerston North, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty.
Rose's judge-alone trial is set down for two weeks in the High Court at Hamilton, before Justice Matthew Muir.
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