Charges dropped against massage parlour accused

The man allegedly visited the parlour last year, telling staff he was a policeman and trying to obtain sex and money. Photo / Northern Advocate

An Auckland teacher aide accused of posing as an undercover cop when visiting a massage parlour today had all charges against him dismissed.

Mt Albert Grammar School employee Fabian Heke Broughton, 49, appeared in Auckland District Court today to defend charges of obtaining a pecuniary advantage, namely cash, by deception.

Broughton allegedly visited the parlour four times in July and August last year, telling staff he was a policeman and trying to obtain services and cash.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Glen Boyd-Clark questioned parlour owner Xiaoqia Wu in court today, but told Judge Chris Field he could not proceed further as there was not enough evidence.

The charges were dismissed.

Mrs Wu told the court she ran a massage parlour in Epsom but had strict rules about no sex on the premises.

On July 10 last year, she found a man by the name of Frank sitting in the massage parlour kitchen drinking coffee.

"He said he was an undercover policeman and one of the girls had had sex with him and he had videoed it on his cellphone," Mrs Wu said.

She told the court the man gave her his cellphone, but she said the girl told her she did not have sex with him.

"He showed me two cellphones with sex pictures on it. I could hear a girl's voice which said 'one hour $120'."

Mr Boyd-Clark asked Mrs Wu what Frank said to her after he showed her the cellphones.

"He said we could look after each other. He said I could call him if I have some nice girls," Mrs Wu said.

She told the court she fired the girl, although the girl told her she did not have sex with him.

Mr Boyd-Clark asked Mrs Wu what she did when told by Broughton he was an undercover police officer.

"I was very worried. I didn't think he was a real undercover police officer because of his actions, his clothes and his shoes," she said.

Mrs Wu told the court the man came back the next morning at 10am.

He said he wanted free sex, but Mrs Wu told him there was no sex on the premises.

"He said he had come back looking for evidence as it was his job. He said he would report us and shut us down immediately," Mrs Wu said.

The man said he had spent $300 in the massage parlour and he would not come back any more if she gave him his money back. She said she gave him $50 because she wanted him to go away.

Mrs Wu said she followed him out and took down his registration number.

She told the court he returned to the massage parlour on July 17.

He wanted to talk, and Mrs Wu said this time she was not friendly to him.

He took out a pen and notebook and pretended to write something down, she said.

Mrs Wu said she went out to call the police.

The man also returned on August 27 asking for a half hour massage. But Mrs Wu called the police immediately that time.

Mrs Wu also pointed to Broughton in court today, and confirmed he was the same man who had posed as Frank in her massage parlour.

- NZPA