The Crown's video interview of a young woman who says she was one of nine alleged victims of a teen prostitution ring in Ottawa is expected to be shown in court today, followed by the girl's testimony.
The girl, who was 17 at the time, told the Crown she was taken to a Donald Street apartment building and forced to have sex with a "john." The Crown had relayed that information to the court earlier in the trial.
The video of the alleged victim, and her testimony, were supposed to be heard Thursday, but the court session never began, because Judge Diane Lahaie recessed until last Friday morning after one of three defence lawyers fell ill.
Then Lahaie was forced to adjourn proceedings for a second day Friday, as the lawyer did not feel well enough to attend court.
7 complainants, 9 victims
There are seven complainants involved in the trial of three girls — two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old — who face 74 charges including human trafficking, forcible confinement and procuring for prostitution. They were arrested in June.
The Crown also alleges there are two victims that are not part of the trial.
A fourth teen girl faces similar charges involving one incident, but her trial will be held at a later date.
Police allege the three girls used social media to befriend and lure nine girls, aged 13 to 17, to a home at a housing complex in southeast Ottawa.
None of the accused or the nine victims can be named due to provisions in the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Last week, Det. Mike Villeneuve testified about evidence found on social media accounts believed to be operated by the accused.
Attempted coverup, detective says
In his testimony, Villeneuve said it appears the accused made an effort to cover up what they were doing on their cellphones.
Villeneuve said police couldn't recover much from the cellphone of the second 16-year-old charged. The detective said her phone was wiped clean, but acknowledged the phone might never have been used.
Two weeks ago, the Crown said it had subpoenaed the girl's mother to testify that her daughter called her from jail and asked her to destroy the SIM card from the phone. Crown prosecutor Fara Rupert said that deprived the Crown of "a potentially meaningful body of evidence."
Villeneuve also said he had never seen the Instagram photo-sharing account found by CBC News that may be linked to one of the teens. It uses the same pseudonym and similar photos as Facebook and Twitter accounts the Crown has alleged belonged to one of the accused.
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