A dad who hired a sex worker for his 13-year-old son “as a treat” insisted “I’m a good father”. 

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The dad, who was jailed for four years, said: “I might not look like it in your eyes. It was only because he was feeling down because he’d broken up with his girlfriend and he said he’d done all that stuff before. So the brass sucked his prick. Job done. Whatever.” 

The dad, who we won't name to protect his son’s identity, pleaded guilty to arranging for a child to engage in sexual activity as well as offering to supply cocaine.     

Representing himself Croydon Crown Court, the man said: “I’ve genuinely got a good heart. On paper I must sound like an absolute reprobate but that’s not the case at all." 

He argued against a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) banning him from unsupervised contact with children, saying: “I thought I would treat him. Get his dick sucked. Job done. I’m not a prolific sex offender.  

“I find that harsh. I’m not a danger to children. It was just my boy.” 

Prosecutor Judith Benson said the boy’s mum had reluctantly agreed for him to spend a night with his dad.  

Croydon Crown Court heard he arranged for two sex workers to attend a hotel in Bromley. 

He offered his son a line of cocaine, but his son replied “I’m f**ing 13, that’s ridiculous”. 

He then told his boy “I’ve bought a brass”.  

When his son told him he didn’t want that, the dad blamed it on the boy’s mum being “overprotective” and told him “don’t be a pussy".   

The dad 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 dad 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 he was left feeling disgusted.  

The dad then paid the women £150 each and they left.   

The boy’s mum messaged and phoned throughout the night but the first response she got was from the dad at 4am, saying “p**s off I’ll guard him with my life let the boy stretch his wings”.  

When she later found out what happened she took her son straight to the police station and the dad was arrested.  

Judge Antony Hyams-Parish told the dad he had attempted to humiliate his own son into going along with it.  

“He seems to be a very bright, intelligent and very sensible young man. But at 13, he was young and impressionable.  

“As his father he no doubt looked up to you. He didn’t have a choice. He went along with what you asked. You clearly gave no thought to the impact on your son.”  

The judge sentenced him to four years in prison for arranging a child sex offence.  

The dad will be subject to sex offence notification requirements for life and was given a 10-year SHPO.  

Concluding the sentencing hearing, Judge Hyams-Paris praised the son’s bravery.  

“He should feel no guilt whatsoever. He was the more sensible person in all of this,” he said.