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Top prosecutor nabbed in prostitution sting
Published: 26 Feb 13 17:18 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/46422/20130226/
Police in Stockholm were surprised on Monday to find that a man they had arrested for buying sex from a prostitute was the duty prosecutor to whom they were obliged to report the crime.
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Officers were surprised to learn of the man's status while arresting him, as he was the prosecutor on duty to whom they should report the crime.
The man paid 1,500 kronor ($232) for the sex, according to the Expressen newspaper.
He had allegedly found the escort online, when "surfing around on his iPhone" during a train trip, during which he consumed half a bottle of wine and a beer.
"And then I did what I am suspected of - I went out into the staircase and the police arrested me there," the prosecutor told the Aftonbladet newspaper.
He has confessed to the crime, and his family has been notified.
"My wife will leave me and my children think I have behaved like a pig. Even my friends think the same," he told Expressen.
The man told Aftonbladet that in his experience as a prosecutor, he knew that the "stupidest thing" he could do was to lie.
"I have done what I've done, I'm standing with my pants down. The worst is what I have done to my family and friends," he said.
The arrested man explained that another prosecutor would take care of the case, and that he was unaware of his punishment, or when it would likely be determined.
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Now what if the Swedes got their act together and legalized prostitution. While they are at it, they may as well all drugs as well.
We are now depraving these women from an income and the state from taxes from what could be a normal legal profession.
Regulate and legalise and get on with your lives.
If there are still women being trafficked then obviously criminalizing it isn't working. This is more a display of the Uber feminism securing a hollow victory than anything else.......If equality is so predominant in Sweden why are men the only ones being prosecuted here? Sweden is full of double standards...