A company that sells sex dolls has been fined for its "try first and then buy" program.
Prior to this, it was complained that LD Europe Ltd. , as Lovedoll UK, allowed potential customers to use the bedrooms on their homes to have a "first-hand experience" of their products ".
This will require a sex agency license that the company does not have.
Graeme Tulip, the company's boss, was fined £ 10,000 in the Gates head court.
Neither Mr. tulip nor his legal representative was present at the hearing and, as a result, the company was tried in absentia.
The price of the doll is up to £ 2,000 and the "try before you buy" option is £ 50.
On January, the inspector visited the company's property in Felling after complaining about the company's operation of a "sex toy brothel" and was taken to a showroom and a "try it before you buy it"
Owner Graeme Tulip was told that this use requires a license for a sex Place, which was neither sought nor obtained.
He was later carefully invited for an official interview and admitted that he did not.
Sex venue licenses include places for selling sex toys, books or videos, places for showing explicit films to the public, and places for sexual entertainment such as pole dances and strip shows.