World Scene: New Zealand

Son tries to sell sexy mom pics

A New Zealand teenager tried to sell sexy photographs of his mother on an Internet auction site after the pair had an argument, a newspaper in New Zealand reported.

The 18-year-old student opened an auction for "five naked photos of my Mum" on the Trade Me site after being told to clear the family garage.

Trade Me pulled the auction the next day, but the student, soon tried to sell a series of "glamour" shots of his mom.

His mother Jennifer, 44, who did not want the family name published, told the paper she was "pretty annoyed" when she found out about the first set of photographs. But she was also annoyed that Trade Me withdrew the second set of pictures, of which she approved.

"They are quite artistic. There is nothing dodgy about them," she said. "I wanted 50 per cent of the sale, but more than that I miss the nice comments."

Trade Me spokesman Jon Macdonald said both auctions were withdrawn because of "inappropriate" photos.

"We don't really want to be the place where people list photos of their mums in their underwear," he said.

(China Daily 07/07/2009 page10)