Today, Friday, a prostitute has to answer before the criminal court in Basel-Stadt. She is charged with sexual acts with a child.
The woman (23) from Romania slept with a 13-year-old in September 2020. He had previously seen her in an advertisement on the “xdate.ch” portal and wrote to her.
On the same day he made an appointment with the sex worker – 75 francs for 10 minutes.
She asked about his “real age”
The boy went to the brothel with a colleague, the friend waited at a bus stop nearby. The prostitute met him in the brothel and asked about his «real age», according to the indictment, which «20 minutes»Is available.
The teenager claimed he was 18 years old. The accused asked again. He insisted on what he said and gave her the agreed amount of money. She did not ask for an ID.
In the room the prostitute asked the boy if he was still a virgin. He said yes. Then she wanted to know whether he wanted oral or sexual intercourse. He chose the latter.
Nine months imprisonment demanded
Then it came to sexual intercourse. When the boy left the brothel, a police patrol picked him up. This is how the report came about.
The age of consent in Switzerland is 16 years. From this age, a young person is considered to be “capable of giving consent” before the judiciary: Sexual acts with a younger person are considered sexual abuse. The public prosecutor’s office calls for the prostitute to be sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment and expulsion from the country for five years. (hah)