The Crown prosecuted two accused arising from the exploitation of two underage complainants in the sex trade in Brantford hotel rooms over two time periods.
The trial judge undertook an extensive credibility and reliability assessment of the complainants, accepted their material evidence, and found corroboration in hotel evidence, phone extraction reports, online ad evidence, police testimony, and seized items.
Applying the human trafficking framework and exploitation factors, the court found that one accused recruited, transported, controlled, deceived, isolated, and financially exploited the complainants, and that the co-accused facilitated the procuring offence by acting in concert, supplying funds and a phone, and participating in the hotel arrangements.
Guilty findings were entered on the trafficking, material benefit, advertising, procuring, identity-information, and proceeds counts.
