Online vice case: Swiss can't remember if he had sex with escort
Published on Mar 25, 2013
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Former banker Juerg Buergin arriving at the Subordinate Courts on 19 March 2013. Buergin denied on Monday that he actively sought out the services of an escort below 18 years of age. -- ST FILE PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
By Elena Chong And Walter Sim
Former banker Juerg Buergin denied on Monday that he actively sought out the services of an escort below 18 years of age.
The 41-year-old Swiss national said in his defence that he could not remember if he had sex with the escort, then 17, whose age was given on the website as 18.
Buergin, who is accused of two counts of having commercial sex with the minor, said he relied on the age indicated on the website called theviemodels.
He said he did not check the identity card of the escort nor any of the escorts he had booked with the online agency as he did not think any of them would have shown their identity cards even if he had asked.
He said he was misled by both the agency and the girl that she was 18.
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