Conductor who tried to set up meeting with boy walks free

A world-renowned classical music conductor who was caught in a police sting trying to meet underage boy has walked free from court. Jan Latham-Koenig, 70, was arrested at London Victoria train station in January after arranging to meet ‘Jacob’ on the gay dating app Romeo. Latham-Koenig told an undercover officer he was 49 when he arranged to meet the boy who turned out to be an undercover officer, Southwark Crown Court heard. Judge Alexander Milne told Latham-Koenig: ‘What is clear…

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