The sale of the market went wrong: Auckland’s mother was terrified after sexual advances and fixing the fingers of the feet at home

“They sent me a message to see if they could pass in the afternoon to collect the wooden boat, so I sent my address,” he said.

That afternoon, an older man, who seemed about 50 years old, arrived at Treecie’s house.

“My mother -in -law left at that moment, so I assumed that everything was fine, and I didn’t think much about that when I invited him to look at the article,” he said.

Once she was inside, Treecie showed her the wooden boat and some crystals she was also selling.

It was then that the interaction took a turn for the worst, he said.

“He picked up the crystals and began to feel them, then grabbed my hand and had to snatch him physically,” he said.

Treecie said the man asked if he had more crystals and tried to go up to his room.

“He refused to leave, I was like ‘Look, I have to take care of my baby’, who had been in my hip all the time,” he said.

The man began to look at Treecie’s feet and do what Treecie described as “sexual noises.”

She said she then asked: “Would you give me five minutes with my feet fingers, to suck them?”

“I simply frozen, I felt sick,” he said.

Treecie said the man approached her and rubbed her arm against hers. She asked him to leave several times.

“It seemed to be excited by my feet, and I kept looking at my baby’s feet too, it was horrible,” he said.

Treecie managed to get the man out of the house, but he disappeared before she had the opportunity to tear down the registration of her car.

In shock, he notified the incident police.

“This was a suspicious behavior report towards a woman after an established market sale,” said a police spokesman.

“In an online environment, it can be difficult to verify that the person with whom it is treated has good intentions.”

CAUTION OF THE POLICE PRODISION:

Police advises anyone who bought or sells on platforms such as Facebook Market to exercise caution.

They advise users to review social media profiles. If your profile seems new or relatively blank, there is the possibility that it can be false.

“If buyers are reluctant to meet in person or insistent articles are left in a place, they may be avoiding being seen or identified.”

They also recommend making sure you have someone else with you during the sale, or that you are in a public place far from alleys or side streets.

Katie Oliver is a multimedia journalist based in Christchurch and last -minute news reporter.