Australian ex-MP escapes jail over child sex
November 29th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANSMelbourne, Nov 29 (IANS) A former Australian MP has managed to escape an immediate jail term despite being found guilty of having sex with a 12-year-old.
Last week, 54-year-old Terry Martin was found guilty of unlawful sex with a person under 17 and of producing child exploitation material, the Australian reported.
Justice David Porter Tuesday sentenced Martin to 10 months in jail, wholly suspended, as he linked Martin’s offence to medication for Parkinson’s disease which triggered hypersexual desire.
Martin had responded to an advertisement for adult sexual services in 2009, which was placed by the girl’s mother along with a pimp.
It was alleged that Martin paid the girl $600 to perform sex acts and also photographed them.
Martin, however, denied the charges on the grounds that he thought the girl was 18.
–Indo-Asian News service
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