Man admits prostituting 12-year-old girl, sharing proceeds with mother

By Sally Glaetzer From: The Mercury March 23, 2010 10:16AM

•Mother took most of the money

•Money went towards drugs

•Man and mother charged

A TASMANIAN man has admitted prostituting a 12-year-old girl at his home and sharing the proceeds with the girl's mother.


The Mercury reports the man, 51, acted as the girl's pimp last year while she had sex with more than 100 men at in Glenorchy.

The man pleaded guilty yesterday to the horrific crimes, which left his victim with potentially devastating sexually transmitted diseases.

The Supreme Court in Hobart heard the girl's mother took most of the money, the man took a smaller cut and the girl used her own share to buy drugs for herself, her mother and the man.

Crown prosecutor Daryl Coates said the horrific prostitution business began last July after the girl's mother complained to the man, a close friend, of having no money.

The woman, her daughter and the man agreed the girl should act as a prostitute.

He drew up the newspaper advertisement, which described an 18-year-old "Angela" who was "new in town".

The woman booked a room at a hotel for two nights and the man acted as the girl's pimp, charging $100 for half-an-hour and an extra $50 if the client did not want to wear a condom.

Mr Coates said they made $2000 and the girl gave $100 to the man, $400 to her mother and spent the rest on drugs for her mother.

The man then started running his underage prostitution business from his unit, where the girl worked Thursday to Sunday, seeing more than 100 clients.

Police interviewed the man last November and he has been in custody since.

The girl was examined and diagnosed with STDs including genital warts and chlamydia.

Defence lawyer Kim Baumeler said the man now understood he had been committing an offence and had learned his lesson.

Justice Peter Evans will sentence him on Thursday.

The girl is in foster care while her mother has been charged and is in custody.

From: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/man-admits-prostituting-12-year-old-girl-sharing-proceeds-with-mother/story-e6frf7jx-1225844169936