A Melbourne brothel manager has escaped jail time after admitting he was paid for sexual services provided by a year-old girl. Login or signup to continue reading.
Cheng Li, former manager of the Heidelberg Angels in Melbourne's northeast, was instead sentenced to a three-year community corrections order. County Court Judge Angela Ellis told the court Li had an obligation as manager to ensure all workers were adults.
Li's lack of prior criminal history, guilty plea and personal circumstances meant a corrections order would be sufficient punishment, Judge Ellis said. Li, 35, was working as manager on the girl's first night at the brothel on August 27, The girl, now 20, had been living in a Department of Human Services residential care unit when she responded to a Facebook ad for an assistant dominatrix.
Another man, called "Mike", contacted the girl asking for identification. She provided a photo of an altered learner's permit where she had changed her birth year from to She was given the job at the Heidelberg Angels and chose the name "Pixie".
The girl was paid in cash for services she provided as a dominatrix, using whips and other toys on clients.
