A woman, believed to be from Essex, has been arrested after allegedly trying to sell her 13-year old daughter's virginity.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: "In response to information from the News of the World, officers from the child abuse command arrested a 30-year-old woman on suspicion of arranging prostitution of a 13-year old girl and possession of crack cocaine.

"The woman was arrested at 3am Sunday at a hotel in Kensington, where she had been a guest.

"She was taken to a west London police station and is in custody. The 13-year old girl was taken into police care."

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Published Monday, December 20, 2004

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