Detective tells of tattoos on buttocks

Press, 18 July 1979, Page 6

Detective tells of tattoos on buttocks

PA Wellington A vice squad constable told the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington yesterday that he had eyes tattooed on his buttocks. The constable, whose name was suppressed, was being cross-examined by Mr B. Buckton, representing Noel Raymond Tuohy, aged 48. Tuohy. a sauna parlour manager, faces three charges of having sexual intercourse with a girl, aged 15; doing an indecent act upon the girl; inducing her to do an indecent act upon him; managing a brothel at Hankey Street; and living wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution. ! The constable said he would begin leave and go ■ overseas for several months before August 22, the date ! fixed fo rthe taking of depositions. His was

i recorded before a registrar) 5 without the presence of a! t Magistrate. I In evidence, the constable s said he was attached to the ! Wellington C.LB. vice squad. ),At 7 p.m. on May 24 he was handed $B2 by a detective . I sergeant. He wrote the numII bers of the banknotes on a ! piece of paper, which he r produced in court as evis dence. j At 8.20 p.m., on directions » from the detective sergeant, » he went to the Tender Touch i sauna and massage parlour ;,at Hankey Street, Wellingtlton. He pressed the bell and ;!the door was opened by the ?'manager, Mr Tuohy. “We went to the desk, and sjhe asked me what I wanted,” y the witness said. “I replied sjthgt I wanted a sauna and ?! massage. He said that that -Iwould be $l5. I then gave slthe defendant $l5.

“The defendant said ‘Vicky’ would look after me. The girl I now know to be Vicky was seated in the lounge ■ watching television. She was fully clothed.” The constable said he undressed, went into the sauna, stayed there for about eight minutes, then had a shower and returned to the sauna for five minutes. He then went to the lounge. After another conversation with Vicky, he had a drink, then went back to the massage room with her. She had changed her clothes and had a towel wrapped round her. He lay on the bed and she began to massage. After the ■ massage he handed her $5O land went to the lavatory. On I his return to the. massage [room Vicky was not there [and the money was missing.

“Aboyt a minute later Vicky jtturned to the room,”

the constable said. “I helped her move the bed to one side. She then lay a towel on the floor. She lay on her back on the towel. She was naked. A couple of minutes later members of the vice squad arrived.” Cross-examined by Mr Buckton, the constable agreed the drink he was given was orange juice. ■ Mr Buckton: Did you ask the lady whether she would provide extras or something like that? — I said to Vicky, ‘Do you do reliefs?’ and she replied, ‘Yes, for s2o.’ I then asked her if she went all the way. She replied. ‘Yes, sex is sso.’ The constable said he had : been working for the vice ! squad for two months. It was the first sauna parlour assignment he had been on. It had been his second visit to the parlour thaf evening.

On his first visit he had had a sauna and a massage and nothing else. Mr Buckton: the same girl? — No, different girl. Have you got any distinguishing features about your person . . tattoos, things like that? — Yes, I have. Would you tell us what they are? — I have got quite a few. Well, I think you know the ones I am referring to — I have eyes tattooed on my buttocks. One on each side? — Yes. Told by Mr Buckton that other massage parlour owners might give evidence that he was known because of the tattoos he had described and asked what he had to say about that, the constable replied: “I have been to only one other massage in Wellington. I have done this sort of thing for two aj'eeks.”