TASMANIA, Australia, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- An Australian judge has suspended the jail sentence for a former Tasmanian Member of Parliament who was found guilty of having sex with a 12-year-old girl.

Terry Martin, 54, was sentenced to 10 months in jail for the offense but Justice David Porter said there was no likelihood of the man re-offending, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Tuesday.


Porter said the offense was directly related to medication Martin was taking for Parkinson's disease, which caused hypersexual desire. The justice said Martin would never have been involved in the prostitution of the girl had it not been for the medication.

In all, Martin sought out the services of 162 sex workers, ABC reported.

He is the third person to be sentenced for having sex with the girl, who was prostituted by her mother.