《中英對照讀新聞》Swedish judge fined for paying for sex with male student 瑞典法官因為與男學生援交而被罰錢

◎羅彥傑

A Swedish supreme court judge who admitted to paying a male high school student for sexual favours will escape a court hearing but will instead be fined 44,250 kronor (5,800 dollars), the country's Chief Prosecutor Guntra Ahlund said.

瑞典最高法院的一名法官，坦承花錢狎玩一名男高中生，雖然他逃過了法院的公聽會，但還是要罰款四萬四千二百五十克朗（五千八百美元），該國檢察總長岡特拉．艾朗德說。

An announcement is expected next week as to whether Leif Thorsson, 59, will be able to remain on the supreme court. He has held his court seat since 1994.

五十九歲的雷夫．梭森是否能繼續留在最高法院，預料下週會宣布。他自一九九四年以來即在最高法院任職。

The judge will not be tried as Thorsson admitted to contacting a 20-year-old male student and paying for sexual favours from him on one occasion.

這名法官將不會被審判，因為梭森承認接觸過一名二十歲的男學生，而且某次曾付錢給他以獲得性服務。

The 20-year-old student was sentenced in March for robbing a client. During their investigation, police found several phone numbers in the young man's mobile telephone, including Thorsson's.

這名二十歲的學生在三月間因為搶劫一名顧客被判刑。警方在調查期間，發現這名年輕男子的手機上有好幾個電話號碼，包括梭森的號碼。

Investigators also found text messages sent by the judge.

調查人員也發現這名法官所寄出的簡訊。

新聞辭典

pay sb. for ∼：片語，指付錢給sb.買∼。例句：Employers have to pay employees for on-job training time.（雇主必須付費給員工進行在職訓練。）

escape：動詞，指逃過、避開。例句：The world-famous singer tried to escape public notice on vacation.（這位世界知名的歌手試著在度假期間擺脫公眾的注意。）

mobile telephone：名詞，指手機，亦可簡稱為mobile phone或mobile。例句： The study suggests that electromagnetic radiation from mobiles may cause brain tumours.（這項研究顯示手機的電磁輻射可能會造成腦瘤。）

text message：名詞，指簡訊。例句：Yesterday I got a strange text message.（昨天我收到一則奇怪的簡訊。）