A businesswoman is holding a fashion auction to help tackle human trafficking.

Linda Potgieter, 39, from Cobham, has asked friends to take to the catwalk to raise money to tackle forced prostitution.

She said: “I have a strong faith and heard about what trafficking was all about and the problems right under our noses.”

Last year a madam and her boyfriend were found guilty of running a £1m brothel empire, including one behind Surbiton station, using trafficked women.

The auction will take place at Kings Gate Church in Clarence Street at 1.30pm on November 5.

Money from the £5 ticket sales will go to the William Wilberforce Trust and Stop the Traffik.