By Grâçia Ada Obi
- Boy was offered cocaine by his father and told him he did not want to have sex with 26-year-old
A father hired a sex worker for his 13-year-old son when he said he did not want to have sex, a court has heard.
The man – who cannot be named to protect the boy’s identity – booked two rooms at a hotel in Bromley, South-east London, and arranged for a pair of sex workers to attend, Croydon Crown Court heard. The boy told his father he did not want to have sex with a 26-year-old.
The father also offered a line of cocaine to his son – who replied: “I’m fucking 13, that’s ridiculous.”
The man pleaded guilty to arranging for a child to engage in sexual activity, as well as offering to supply cocaine.
Martin Ingle, prosecuting, said the man took his son to dinner then told him he had “bought a brass prostitute.”
When his son told him he didn’t want that, the father blamed it on the boy’s mother being “overprotective.”
The father added that the sex workers were already in a taxi so it was too late to cancel, the court heard.
When the two women arrived, the boy was taken to a separate room where a 26-year-old sex worker performed a sex act on him, the court heard.
In a Police statement, the boy said he did not want to do it and he was left feeling disgusted.
The father then paid the women £150 each and they left.
When the boy’s mother found out what had happened she drove her son to the Police station and the father was later arrested, Mr Ingle said.
The defendant appeared in court but chose not to be represented by a barrister. He said: “I can’t have this hanging over my head, I just need it over with.”
Tony Hyams-Parish, the Judge, warned him the offence has a starting point of five years and that he faces “significant” prison time.
The case was adjourned for sentencing at a later date.