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Source: Reuters
A man in the UK who tried to hire a prostitute to take his
14-year-old son's virginity as a present was spared jail by a
court.
The Polish national took the boy out in his car and allowed him to
pick out the prostitute, who was standing at the side of the road
in the red-light district of Nottingham.
But the 42-year-old father was arrested because the teenager had
chosen an undercover police officer, Nottingham Crown Court
heard.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was handed a
10-month prison sentence, suspended for a year, after he admitted a
charge of trying to solicit a woman to have sex with a child, the
Press Association reported.
The court heard that the father, who came to Britain eight years
ago, was arrested last July during an undercover operation by the
city's vice squad.
Prosecutor Adrian Harris said the man and his son had approached
the undercover officer whose code name was Sarah and beckoned her
over.
He asked "Sarah" how much it would cost for her to have sex with
his son and they agreed on a 20 pound fee.
However, when the car pulled over, the man was arrested by
plainclothes police officers.
"The boy said that they had driven past the girl and his dad
pointed to her and said 'will she do?'" Harris said.
"He said 'yes' and they had turned round. He said his dad did this
because he was still a virgin and he was taking care of that for
him."
Judge Jonathan Teare said he would spare the father jail because of
his excellent character and that he believed he did not mean any
harm to his son.
"You have a duty of care to your son and that is to look after his
moral welfare, not as you might think to break him in to the ways
of sex through a prostitute," he said.
The court was told the boy would continue to live with his
father.
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