Artist who allowed complete strangers to fondle her genitals and breasts arrested

Controversial performer Milo Moire had been travelling Europe for her new 'Mirror Box' show, which is designed to promote women's right to not be touched.

An artist who invited complete strangers to fondle her genitals in public has been arrested in Trafalgar Square.

Controversial performer Milo Moire had been travelling Europe for her new 'Mirror Box' show, which is designed to promote women's right to not be touched.

So far her performance has taken in Dusseldorf and Amsterdam, but when she took her art to Trafalgar Square, in London, she fell afoul of the law.

During the show, Ms Moire allowed passers-by over the age of 18 to touch her breasts or genitals for thirty seconds.

She told the Mirror Online: "I was in Trafalgar Square and the police came and told me what I was doing was against the law and I had to come with them to the police station.

I was there for 24 hours; first in one station then another with the court where I ended up having to pay a hefty fine. It was not nice to be in jail. I tried to explain to them the performance I was doing. The first detectives who interviewed me were women and they said they understood. But their chief constable did not."

Ms Moire said her treatment highlights different approaches in Europe.

"In Amsterdam it was very different - they are freer towards sexuality. But in London it was stricter - too strict I think. They don't understand this form of performance."

She claims that before her arrest, her audience in Trafalgar Square were responding well.