A 14-year-old boy has been charged with theft in Germany after pawning
his mother’s jewellery to fund visits to a brothel. The boy had exchanged the
jewellery worth between 2,000 and 3,000 euros ($2,500-$3,800) for 300 euros
($380) before paying for himself and a friend to visit a brothel in the German
city of Karlsruhe, German police said.
Police spokesman, Ralf Minet, said the boy admitted the theft, and that
the mother was pressing charges while
the brothel involved is also under
investigation by police. However, the operator of the brothel said it had
turned the boys away because they were under age. Prostitution is legal in
Germany, but customers must be at least 18 years old.
Mr Minet had told Reuters: “We don’t know
what the mother’s motives are for pressing charges. It’s possible she wants to
teach him a lesson or it’s possible that she felt she had lost control.”
Meanwhile, a German newspaper, Die Welt, which saw the police reports,
says that the two boys were caught in “a delirium of
hormones”; according to the police
report; they still wore “delighted smiles” despite being
interrogated by police.
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