Sentencing following jury convictions for adult human trafficking, related material-benefit and advertising offences, and assault arising from months-long exploitation of a vulnerable sex worker.
The court placed significant weight on the exploitative purpose, the offender's control over services and proceeds, the victim's vulnerability, the age and socio-economic disparity, and at least one incident of gender-based violence.
Applying the established 4-to-8-year range discussed in prior human trafficking jurisprudence, the court imposed a global penitentiary sentence of six years.
The court then applied Summers credit for pre-trial custody and an additional Duncan reduction for triple-bunking and prolonged lockdown conditions, leaving a remnant sentence of 547 days, together with ancillary orders.
