Fetish Fashion 'live S&M sex party' trial opens
A sex shop owner, her husband and the shop manager went on trial yesterday on century-old charges related to the alleged keeping of a disorderly house for sex parties.
Fetish Fashion owner Brenda Scofield, 54, and manager Loretta Mui Shuk-han, 40, each deny one count of keeping a disorderly house and six of aiding and abetting an objectionable performance between March 1 and August 12 last year at the shop. It is the first time the charges have been aired for 20 years.
Scofield's husband, businessman Laurence Richard Scofield, 48, denies one charge of aiding and abetting in keeping the house and six of aiding and abetting an objectionable performance.
He was cleared of one count of obstructing police inspector Yiu Kit-yee as the prosecution offered no evidence.
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions John Reading, SC, told Western Court yesterday that undercover police officers bought tickets to three sex parties at Fetish Fashion in Cochrane Street, Central.
The first, dubbed 'After Office Delight', was scheduled for February but cancelled. Two officers had bought tickets for $1,500 and were told the show was only open to select customers.
Mr Reading said the second show, 'Mixed Play', was attended by two undercover officers on March 10.
Their $350 tickets allowed them to be part of a crowd that watched 20 people dressed in fetish wear carrying out various acts of bondage and sadomasochism while pornographic videos played in the background.
Inspector Swalikh Calvin Mohammed told the court that he and a police constable visited the shop on August 8 when Brenda Scofield, also known as Decima, introduced them to bondage, discipline and sadomasochism (BDSM) equipment.
She had repeatedly told them they would be guided on how to use the equipment and no one would force them if they did not wish to use it.
The third show, 'Mixed Party', took place on August 11. Inspector Mohammed said six tickets costing $350 each were bought from Mui.
Inspector Mohammed said six undercover officers attended the show and saw participants dressed in fetish wear performing various BDSM activities, including tying each other up with ropes, whipping and dripping hot wax. Laurence Scofield was one of the participants, the court heard.
At 1.05am, police officers raided the premises and arrested 26 people, including a barrister, an accountant, a businesswoman and three female performers, who were released without charge.
The trial continues.
