Dad 'forced son to have sex with prostitute'

An Australian dad is accused of forcing his son to have sex with a prostitute because he feared the 14-year-old was gay.

During a family barbecue around Christmas time in 2007, the father allegedly phoned a prostitute and arranged to meet her at a motel on Yaamba Road, North Rockhampton, Queensland.

The father allegedly drove his son to the motel and paid the prostitute in $50 notes. The prostitute took the boy into a motel room while the father waited on a balcony.

The father walked in and out of the room to check on his son and told him he wanted to see a used condom as proof that they'd had sex.

A magistrate yesterday found there was enough evidence against the father for him to stand trial for the rape of his son.