A father was jailed for four years for hiring a sex worker for his 13-year-old son and offering him cocaine.
But despite his actions, he claimed in court that he was “a good father” and showed no remorse. He said he arranged the prostitutes as a way to cheer up his son after a romantic breakup.
The man, who cannot be named, arranged for two sex workers to go to a hotel in Bromley, south-east London.
He then told his son “don’t be like that” when the boy said he didn’t want to have sex with a 26-year-old.
He also offered his son a line of cocaine, but the boy replied: “I’m fucking 13, that’s ridiculous.”
But during his sentencing hearing at Croydon Crown Court, the man said: ‘I’m a good father.’
He told the court: ‘Maybe I don’t look like that to you. It was just because he was feeling down about breaking up with his girlfriend and he said he had done all those things before.
“So the copper sucked his dick. Job done. Whatever.’
The trial took place at Croydon Crown Court, where the man stood trial for causing a child to engage in sexual activity and offering to supply cocaine.
The father pleaded guilty to arranging sexual activities for a child and offering cocaine.
Prosecutor Judith Benson said the boy’s mother had reluctantly agreed to him spending the night with his father.
But when the boy arrived, his father offered him a line of cocaine and said, “I bought a copper.”
When his son told him he didn’t want to, the father blamed it on the boy’s mother being ‘overprotective’ and told him ‘don’t be ap*ssy’.
The father added that the sex workers were already in a taxi, so it was too late to cancel, Ms Benson said.
When the two women arrived, the father told them his son was 18 years old.
The boy was then taken to a separate room where he reluctantly allowed a 26-year-old sex worker to perform a sex act on him, the court heard.
In a police statement, the boy said he didn’t want to do it and felt disgusted.
The father then paid the women £150 each and they left.
The boy’s mother texted and called all night long, but the first response she got was at 4am from the father saying, ‘P*** away, I’ll guard him with my life, let the boy stretch out his wings’.
When she later found out what had happened, she took her son straight to the police station and the father was arrested.
Representing himself in court, the father told the judge: ‘I really have a good heart. On paper I must sound like an absolute reject, but that is not the case at all.’
Prosecutor Ms Benson explained that the Crown would apply for a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) banning him from having unsupervised contact with children.
The father replied, “I thought I would treat him. Get his cock sucked. Job done. I am not a prolific sex offender.
‘I find that intense. I am not a danger to children. It was just my boy.”
Judge Antony Hyams-Parish told the father he had tried to humiliate his own son by agreeing.
He said: ‘He appears to be a very bright, intelligent and very sensible young man. But at 13, he was young and impressionable.
“As his father, he undoubtedly looked up to you. He had no choice. He agreed to what you asked. You clearly haven’t thought about the consequences for your son.’
The judge sentenced him to four years in prison for arranging a child sex crime.
The father will be subject to a sex offenses reporting requirement for life and was given a 10-year SHPO.
Concluding the hearing, Judge Hyams-Paris praised the son’s courage.
‘He doesn’t have to feel guilty at all. “He was the most sensible person in all of this,” he said.