A 53-year-old Serbian national resident in Birzebbuga was today convicted of defiling and corrupting a minor in a case where the court was told that the victim was forced into prostitution by her mother’s lesbian lover and used to entertain four to five clients a day for a year and a half.

The girl told the court by video-conferencing that when she was 15-years-old, following arguments with her mother, she moved in with her mother’s former girlfriend. She was engaging in sexual activities with the former girlfriend’s clients in her flat. These included performing sexual services in cars and in client’s homes.

She was at first allowed to keep all the money but after some time the former girlfriend would take all the proceeds leaving her with nothing.

The girl said that she would be paid €25 for services conducted in a car and €50 at the client’s residence, adding that she would see between four and five clients a day.

The girl identified one client in particular who lived in Birzebbuġa and said she would visit his flat twice weekly.

The accused categorically denied having sex with the girl but said he was only a client of the girl’s mother’s former girlfriend and that he met the girl at the local boċċi club.

He was jailed for six months.