Duty prosecutor arrested by Swedish police for buying sex from prostitute

Police in Stockholm were surprised on Monday to find that a man they had arrested for buying sex from a prostitute was the duty prosecutor to whom they were obliged to report the crime.

The chief prosecutor spent Monday evening with a female prostitute in a central Stockholm hotel. A police squad, however, had been tipped off and was waiting for him in the staircase outside the room. Officers were surprised to learn of the man's status while arresting him, as he was the prosecutor on duty to whom they should report the crime. The man paid 1,500 kronor (£153, $232) for the sex.



He had allegedly found the escort online, when "surfing around on his iPhone" during a train trip, during which he consumed half a bottle of wine and a beer. "And then I did what I am suspected of - I went out into the staircase and the police arrested me there," the prosecutor said. He has confessed to the crime, and his family has been notified.

"My wife will leave me and my children think I have behaved like a pig. Even my friends think the same," he said. The man said that in his experience as a prosecutor, he knew that the "stupidest thing" he could do was to lie. "I have done what I've done, I'm standing with my pants down. The worst is what I have done to my family and friends," he said. The arrested man explained that another prosecutor would take care of the case, and that he was unaware of his punishment, or when it would likely be determined.