London: Conductor pleads guilty on 2 sex charges

At Westminster Magistrates Court today, the international conductor Jan Latham-Koenig admitted arranging sex acts with a person he thought was a teenager. He turned out to be a police officer.

Latham-Koenig, 70, was charged with intentionally arranging or facilitating an act of sexual activity with a child between December 9 last year and January 11. He was also charged with attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child for the purpose of sexual gratification between the same dates.

He did not respond to a third charge of attempting to meet a person under the age of 16 and engage in sexual activity during or after the meeting.

The defendant was granted conditional bail, pending a hearing in relation to the third charge at Southwark Crown Court on March 22.

Latham was recently music director at the Colon in Buenos Aires.

Court report here.