Former banker found guilty of underage sex
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May 1, 2013, Wednesday
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A FORMER Swiss banker has been found guilty of having sex with an underage prostitute in a case that caused a scandal as it involved several prominent men in Singapore.
Juerg Buergin, 41, was found guilty of two charges of having sex with the 17-year-old and will be sentenced on May 8.
Judge Eddy Tham said Buergin had failed to disprove charges that intercourse between him and the girl took place on two occasions in 2010 and 2011.
Buergin, a married former executive with banking giant UBS, said at the start of his trial in March that he was tricked into thinking the girl was older than 17.
Prostitution is legal in Singapore but it is against the law to pay for the sexual services of girls under 18.
The case caused an uproar last year after Buergin and 50 other men, including business executives, a former school principal, a navy captain and a police superintendent, were accused of paying for sex with the girl.
One of them was socialite and environmental activist Howard Shaw, 41, a grandson of Asian movie mogul Runme Shaw.
He was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail but released after eight for good behavior.
Buergin showed no reaction after the verdict was read.
State prosecutors have asked for a sentence of "not less than six months" on each charge.
Court documents show that Buergin booked "Chantelle" on an escort agency's website in September 2010 and January 2011. He met her at luxury hotels for paid sex.
Buergin made the bookings under the false name "Robert James" but the mobile phone number he used was traced to UBS.
Juerg Buergin, 41, was found guilty of two charges of having sex with the 17-year-old and will be sentenced on May 8.
Judge Eddy Tham said Buergin had failed to disprove charges that intercourse between him and the girl took place on two occasions in 2010 and 2011.
Buergin, a married former executive with banking giant UBS, said at the start of his trial in March that he was tricked into thinking the girl was older than 17.
Prostitution is legal in Singapore but it is against the law to pay for the sexual services of girls under 18.
The case caused an uproar last year after Buergin and 50 other men, including business executives, a former school principal, a navy captain and a police superintendent, were accused of paying for sex with the girl.
One of them was socialite and environmental activist Howard Shaw, 41, a grandson of Asian movie mogul Runme Shaw.
He was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail but released after eight for good behavior.
Buergin showed no reaction after the verdict was read.
State prosecutors have asked for a sentence of "not less than six months" on each charge.
Court documents show that Buergin booked "Chantelle" on an escort agency's website in September 2010 and January 2011. He met her at luxury hotels for paid sex.
Buergin made the bookings under the false name "Robert James" but the mobile phone number he used was traced to UBS.
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