A former UBS executive director was sentenced on Wednesday to more than four months in jail for having sex with an underaged Singaporean prostitute in a sleaze scandal that sparked uproar in the city-state.
Singapore Judge Eddy Tham denounced Swiss citizen Jürg Bürgin's "reckless" act of having intercourse with the 17-year-old woman on two occasions at five star hotels in 2010 and 2011.
Bürgin booked the prostitute through an escort agency website.
Wearing a light blue shirt, he looked sombre throughout the court proceedings and looked down several times as the judge read out the verdict.
"In terms of culpability, the accused clearly did not take any reasonable steps to avoid falling foul of the law," the judge said.
"He was reckless in not verifying the age of the minor," Tham said. Full story...
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Singapore Judge Eddy Tham denounced Swiss citizen Jürg Bürgin's "reckless" act of having intercourse with the 17-year-old woman on two occasions at five star hotels in 2010 and 2011.
Bürgin booked the prostitute through an escort agency website.
Wearing a light blue shirt, he looked sombre throughout the court proceedings and looked down several times as the judge read out the verdict.
"In terms of culpability, the accused clearly did not take any reasonable steps to avoid falling foul of the law," the judge said.
"He was reckless in not verifying the age of the minor," Tham said. Full story...
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