Brothel client breaks a leg while trying to escape

A man broke his leg when he leapt from a second-floor window while trying to escape a vice squad raid on a Cape Town brothel.

City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security‚ JP Smith‚ said the council vice squad and the Hawks conducted the raid in the city centre.

“They arrested four women for prostitution. While searching the premises‚ a client who was in one of the rooms on the second floor tried to escape by jumping through the window‚” said Smith.

“The man smashed the window frame and fractured his leg upon landing on the ground. He was transported to Groote Schuur Hospital for treatment.

“Fortunately for this man‚ pain and embarrassment are the worst of his woes as current legislation doesn’t provide for a client using the services of a prostitute to be charged unless they are caught in the act. Had he known that‚ I imagine he would not have turned stuntman.”

Smith said vice squad operations in Brooklyn‚ Bellville‚ Macassar and Atlantis resulted in 31 spot fines for solicitation totalling R37 700. Five compliance notices were issued to women conducting their trade on the streets.