Teen in Vienna Tried Being a Pimp: One Year Partially Suspended
The girl, whom he had met a week earlier, was 13 years old at the time. A jury sentenced the teenager to one year in prison, with four months to be served unconditionally.
After he arranged a client for the 13-year-old and collected money for it, the native Chechen also sought a client for her 14-year-old friend. The indictment accused the 17-year-old, who already had a previous conviction for robbery, of serious sexual abuse of minors. Before offering the 13-year-old to other men, he had consensual sex with her. The latter is generally punishable for teenagers if the partner is not yet 14 years old and the age difference is more than three years.
Acquitted of serious sexual abuse of minors
He was legally acquitted of this charge: The court granted him the benefit of the doubt that he could assume the girl was over 14. Therefore, there was no criminal liability for the consensual sex between the two. Both the 17-year-old and the prosecutor agreed with the court's decisions. The boy, who had been in pre-trial detention since mid-November, was released after the trial.
Defense lawyer: "They had a romantic relationship"
"They had a romantic relationship. She told him she was 18 years old," said defense lawyer Florian Kreiner about the 13-year-old, who did not comply with her summons as a witness, and whose statements therefore had to be read out. The girl had already engaged in prostitution before. "She met people and wrote to these people she met," Kreiner referred to the results of a phone analysis conducted on the 13-year-old. His client felt "compelled to participate" and posted photos of the 13-year-old and later the 14-year-old on Snapchat and advertised them accordingly.
The defendant pleaded partially guilty. He had met the 13-year-old at Meidling station and exchanged numbers with her. After they became closer, "she wrote to me that she was being offered money for sex." That's when he "came up with the idea to do it, to try it."
Created stories with price lists
The 17-year-old posted stories on Snapchat to draw attention to the two girls. The stories included price lists. According to the indictment, a mediation took place regarding the 13-year-old. The defendant brought his girlfriend to a client, a student, who according to his statements also believed the 13-year-old to be over 18. He admitted, "I went along just to keep an eye on things." According to the agreement, the payment was to be split in half. However, the 17-year-old kept 100 euros of the 150 euros collected for himself. When asked why he did not adhere to the agreement, the young Chechen replied that he had received a 100-euro bill and a 50-euro note: "I didn't have change."
(APA/Red)
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