Thursday, March 30, 2006

Belgium: Mom jailed for letting 14-year-old have sex with adult

I was just browsing through Google News and found this online:

Mum punished for daughter's sex life
A Kortrijk Court judge has sentenced a mother to a suspended one-year jail term and EUR 2,750 fine for letting her 14-year-old daughter have sex in her home with a 25-year-old man. The court ruled that the woman facilitated the illegal sexual act by allowing it to happen in the family home. However, a criminal law and sexuality specialist at Leuven Catholic University, Liesbet Stevens, said it was "severe" sentence, particularly given "the period in which we live".

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=28900&name=Belgian+news+in+brief%2C+30+March+2006+


What mom in her right mind would allow this? Obviously there's more to this story. I'm glad she's getting jail time. I just wish we had a law against letting adult men having sex with fourteen-year-old girls. With or without parent's permission.