A court's heard how underage girls were trafficked from China for exploitation in a brothel in Weston.

Chinese national Yanling Yang has appeared at North Somerset Courthouse, described as the final link in a human trafficking chain running from the Asian country to here.

The fifty-two year old denies human trafficking and managing the Wadham Street brothel, but admits she works there, and has been remanded in custody until a next court appearance on may the twenty-seventh.