A Quebec man was found guilty of human trafficking after consistently calling his victim and pushed her to continue sex work for over 14 months while he was in custody, a judgeās decision says.
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Jean-FranƧoisĀ DāAsti-Brideau was found guilty of human trafficking, benefiting from proceeds of trafficking, pimping, disobeying a court order, and obstruction of justice, Manitoba Judge Denis GuĆ©netteĀ wrote in an Aug. 11 decision.
Prosecutors allege DāAsti-Brideau made close to 1,000 calls to his victim. GuĆ©netteĀ analyzed 100 of them and found 88 were conversations between him and Ms. B, his common-law partner, whose identity is protected.
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