FURY AS ESCORT AGENCY VAN ‘RECRUITS YOUNG MUMS’
AN escort agency has been accused of attempting to recruit mothers by leaving an advertising van outside a nursery for two weeks.
Featuring six naked women covered by furs, the poster on the van said the company offers ‘luxury’ services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The van, which advertised an agency called ‘La Femme Escorts’, was parked outside Pagoda Arts Centre in Liverpool, which functions as a nursery for local parents.
Parents coming in and out of the nursery were met by the van – which clearly displayed contact details – on a number of occasions, prompting concerns they were being ‘recruited’.
Councillor Steve Munby, who had the van removed following complaints from Pagoda staff, said he feared the agency was targeting young mums.
He said: “They are trying to recruit people and we are worried about that. It’s not just that it’s offensive.
“I can’t think why else they would put them there if not to target mums or people who need to consider doing that for financial reasons.”
Upset
Mum-of-two Joan Halfon called the van ‘outrageous’ and moaned: “You don’t expect to see this. In phone boxes or on the internet maybe, but not where children could just be out walking with their parents.”
The manager of Pagoda said nursery parents were left ‘upset’ by the van, which staff thought had been abandoned outside.