Bromley (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Bromley police raided a massage parlour, finding a naked masseuse and a man in a closet who said he was offered a “happy ending” for £20.
At a meeting of the council’s Licensing Sub-Committee today (Wednesday, October 29), the Metropolitan Police and Bromley Council both voiced their opposition to StillWater Spa at 50c Homesdale Road renewing its special treatment license.
Following a June 17 police visit to Still Water, the license renewal hearing was held. Following an anonymous tip from a taxi driver who reported that a woman departing the spa had waved down his car, stating she had been trafficked, police and immigration officials arrived at the establishment.
Police discovered two women in the Bromley massage parlor, one of whom had shut herself in a side room and was naked. A 26-year-old man who claimed to have been given a “happy ending” during a sports massage was later discovered cowering in a closet.
During today’s hearing, it was disclosed that neither woman worked for Still Water and that Feihong Liu, the spa’s owner, had left the property before to the police raid in order to go to a drugstore and have lunch. Despite being asked to do so, she refused to return while the police were at her place of business because “she was scared and she panicked.”
Because Ms. Liu had neglected to register all of her employees as registered massage therapists, the licensing department of Bromley Council objected to the license renewal. According to Mr. Granville Stafford, it was an honest error, and because Ms. Liu did not speak English as her first language, it occasionally became challenging for her to comprehend the required forms completely.
Additionally, he stated that his client was now registering all six employees with the relevant authorities. Since they weren’t registered at the time of the June police raid and weren’t registered at the time of today’s hearing, the subcommittee questioned why it had taken so long.
What legal grounds did Bromley council cite for refusing renewal?
Bromley Council cited legal grounds related to breaches of licensing conditions and enterprises over illegal exertion as the basis for refusing to renew the massage parlour’s licence.
Specifically, the council pertained to substantiation gathered during the police raid, which revealed banned conduct similar as harlotry instanced by the incident of a naked masseuse and a manly client caching in a closet, with the client professing an offer of a “happy ending” for £20.
These findings indicate non-compliance with the terms of the licensing agreement, which generally include proscriptions on sexual services and illegal conditioning on the demesne.
