But her Windsor connection, a total stranger until the pair struck up an online relationship on Instagram, had different work in mind for the youth β prostitution. Within hours of being picked up outside her London apartment on a Friday night, the girl was settled into a Windsor hotel room and the first older gentleman caller arrived with cash for oral sex, followed by a second, even older man, about an hour later.
The young complainant, 17 at the time, testified Tuesday via Zoom from London at the start of a human trafficking trial before Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas in Windsor.
Two Windsor residents are each charged with counts of forcible confinement, hostage taking and theft β Zuhair Gorges, 46, arrested in April after Windsor police intervened; and Breyia Latouf, 23 at the time of her arrest the following month. The complainant, who cannot be identified by court order, was living on her own at the time and in regular contact with youth workers. Even after her first night in Windsor and being hooked up with the older men for paid sex, the youth said she still harboured hopes of being introduced to strip club work the following night.
After those first two tricks β she told a third man to go home after he said he had no money β Gorges and Latouf showed up at about 3 a. Gorges boasts a lengthy criminal record and is currently in custody after being sentenced earlier this year to a 6. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion. Please keep comments relevant and respectful.
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