A HUSBAND and wife team ran a lucrative international porn business which netted them £26,850 last year.

The 19-year-old wife, using her maiden name Amanda Parr, posed for explicit sexual photographs and videos at their studios, Bolton Crown Court heard.

She also provided "executive massage services" to customers answering advertisements in newspapers and photographic magazines.

Graham Adelberg, 35, of Green Lane, Leigh, pleaded guilty to living off the earnings of prostitution and was jailed for nine months. He was said to have had a previous conviction for distributing indecent photographs of Amanda Parr when she was 15.

Mr Wright said that as a result of Adelberg's guilty plea much court time and expense had been saved and a large number of witnesses spared the embarrassment of giving evidence.

Mr Peter Wright, prosecuting, said Adelberg ran photographic studios "Classic Glamour" and "Amanda Studio" in premises at Bertrand Road and later Nunnery Road, Bolton.

Amanda Parr modelled for customers and provided sexual services at the studio. She also travelled widely in Europe on assignments.

In March 1996 the couple were arrested at Manchester Airport returning from Amsterdam with pornographic videos and other explicit sex material.

Adelberg stated that the material was for the couple's own consumption and said he was not aware he was committing any offence bringing the sexually explicit pornography into the country.

Mr Wright said a police search of the Bolton studio revealed more indecent material and account books which showed the business had earned £19,000 in 1994 and £26,850 last year.

Andrew Nuttall, defending, said it was an adults only business with Miss Parr, who advertised herself as a "19 year old student", taking a leading part.

He said she was a forceful, intelligent person who knew exactly what she wanted.

Mr Nuttall added that the couple had tried to obtain advice on what was acceptable and what was not in their line of business. They had even approached the police for advice.

Judge Bruce Macmillan said the sentence was not imposed out of prudery but because of the principle that human beings should not be exploited in this way.

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