Published: 9 Oct 12 09:13 CET | Print version
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Two 14-year-old German boys have been charged with stealing €3,000 worth of jewellery from one of their mothers, to pay for a visit to a brothel. Police said the boys were still grinning as they were being questioned.
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Your comments about this article:
ah, bless them... lol
Wha...?
the German Slot Machines
Viva la libertad!
pay from the pocket money next time and don'|t forget the latex ;)
yeaa.. viva la libertad
Over here, they just have sex with their teacher, and save the stealing part.
"Fruit machines"? We call them Cherry Masters in the south... lol
awful comments...boys will be boys?.... crap excuse for crap behaviour.
>this is so sad!! 14 and already treating women like s--t.
well, seems to me that the boys paid fair and square for sex with professional prostitutes, no force or threats were involved, the girls just did with them what they have chosen as a career to do all day long.
Imagine that.
The age of consent (civil law) in general is 18 - with a few exceptions.
One of these being the so-called pocket-money paragraph which means kids can spent little amounts if they come up for their expenses from money left to them for that purpose.
But of course in this case, that does not help:
They committed a crime (theft and transfer of illegally acquired property) - criminal code, they can be charged at 14, but under juvenile law
They must not attend such placed when under 18 years of age - but that is a problem for the prostitute as she needs to check age if in doubt. And I cannot believe she took a 14 year old to be 18... So SHE may be charged...
The Wonderer