The mother pleaded guilty last December to producing and disseminating child abuse material. The court heard that Mr Davies, the co-director of the well renowned but now defunct RG Dance at Chiswhick, requested the photos via text message and in person. The woman, who was supported in court by her husband, said she could not say no to the dance teacher as she had become totally "obsessed and focused" with the girls and the dance studio, whose students had gone on to perform in major productions and dance overseas. She said she and her children were scared of Mr Davies and she "did everything he told me to do". But the court was read text messages exchanged between the pair during which the woman admitted the conversation appeared to be "joking and frivolous". In one Mr Davies is alleged to have asked the mother in November 2011 "are the girls naked?", to which she responded "no. Lol" followed by "how about on the weekend they do you some more special G-shots?"

When he replied "why wait?", the mother sent sexually explicit photos half an hour later of her daughter. "That has made me excited and horny," Mr Davies allegedly wrote. The woman told the court she was "just playing along" in the text messages and she did not feel as threatened because Mr Davies wasn't in the room. She admitted she only stopped sending the photos because Mr Davies was arrested by police in May 2013. The 40-year-old dance teacher appeared in Burwood Local Court in a separate hearing on Monday charged with 63 child sex offences relating to 10 of his former students. The abuse allegedly spanned over 10 years. The woman's sentencing hearing heard on Monday from a psychiatrist, Antony Milch, who said the girl's mother was obsessed with dancing and fame, motivated mainly by her failed career as a dancer.

"She wanted her daughters' careers advanced," Dr Milch said. "This was assisted by the sending of the photographs." The mother also enjoyed the secretive nature of the relationship and the attention she got from Mr Davies, he said. The girls, who were aged under 14 at the time the photographs were taken, were confused about what exactly their mother had done and why it was wrong, the court was told. One girl told Dr Milch: "[The mother] sent nude photos of me and my sisters to [Mr Davies]. I don't think it was wrong because we had to do everything he said." Judge Peter Zahra on Monday revoked the woman's bail, placing her into custody for the first time since she was arrested last August. Judge Zahra said he was concerned that the woman was not currently undertaking any treatment or counselling for her behaviour and indicated a jail sentence was likely.

The sentencing hearing continues next month.