A Queensland man allegedly forced his 14-year-old son to have sex with a prostitute because he thought he was gay.
Police say the father, from Rockhampton, called the prostitute during a family barbeque and arranged to meet her at a nearby motel, The Morning Bulletin newspaper reports.
He then allegedly drove his son to the motel and paid the prostitute $50.
The dad waited outside the motel room on the balcony after allegedly telling his son he wanted to see a used condom as evidence that he had had sex.
A committal hearing at the Rockhampton Magistrates Court found there was enough evidence against the father to have him stand trial for the rape of his son.
The court heard a testimony from the boy's mother who said she questioned her son about what happened.
“First (he) didn’t want to say anything to me. Then he told me his father took him to a motel room and there was a prostitute there,” The Morning Bulletin quoted the mother as saying.
“He wouldn’t talk, he just started crying.”
Police prosecutors said the authorities first found out about the alleged rape after the father phoned the Child Protection Investigation Unit to ask why they had not followed up on his suspicions that his son was "abusing" his younger brother.
The father told the officer who answered the call that he had tried to fix the problem himself by taking his son to a prostitute.
Efforts by police to locate the prostitute alleged to have had sex with the boy have so far been unsuccessful.
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