A man who tried to hire a prostitute to take his 14-year-old son's virginity as a present was spared jail by a British court on Friday.

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, central England.

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 $30 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.

Rufus wrote:I do wonder though why it has been posted here.

I do wonder though why it has been posted here.

beer monkey wrote:And westers read again...its not british society or british children....as he and his boy are Polish, keep up at the rear.

Oops, solly - Westers is a silly old sausage. I read the story last night and scanned this one this morning. I shall find the OP about the small boy who got his girlfriend pregnant and post my rantings there.

Have you got out of the wrong side of bed today, BM? Not tripped over a handbag or ladies shoe in the bedroom, have you?

westerby wrote:

beer monkey wrote:And westers read again...its not british society or british children....as he and his boy are Polish, keep up at the rear.

Oops, solly - Westers is a silly old sausage. I read the story last night and scanned this one this morning. I shall find the OP about the small boy who got his girlfriend pregnant and post my rantings there.

Have you got out of the wrong side of bed today, BM? Not tripped over a handbag or ladies shoe in the bedroom, have you?

beer monkey wrote:Ok with out further a-do....back to the bad polish father who thought he was doing good.

laphanphon wrote:judge makes reference to the defendants excellent character. guess he missed his rap sheet where he got caught up in a vice sting last july. here son, a common street walker with so many choices of any disease. a little herpes can ruin the rest of your life. others, simply kill you. nothing says love like putting you loved ones in harm's way

now consider this, what if it wasn't a son, and he was trying to get his daughter to lose her virginity, would all be the same..................i think not. 8

the man is scum, and should do full sentence and lose custody of his son.

as much as i would of loved someone throwing women an me at 14, that is a 14 mentality, maturity hopefully improves with education and doing the right thing, not the fun thing. consenting adults..have fun, the rest, there are rules.