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Arrest warrants have been issued for the fugitives, according to court records, and the Canada Border Services Agency has been asked to investigate if and how the pair fled the country.

At the judge-alone trial earlier this year, Fournier heard different stories about consent on the day the young woman said she had been raped by two men.

The men told court she enjoyed it, but the judge sided with victim, who testified that she wasn’t moaning in pleasure, but rather in pain as she was shoved down and raped.

The woman said she felt like a meaningless object when the men started talking about having a threesome because it was one of their birthdays, and she would be the gift. Even the thought of it was upsetting, and she found their conversation “chilling,” court heard.

She categorically declined and clearly said she wasn’t interested but they didn’t stop. Instead of asking for consent, they continued to urge her on until she felt boxed in and scared. She told court she knew it was about to happen but couldn’t stop it.

She felt like she was not “psychologically present” at the time, the judge said.

“At times she experienced pain as she was being penetrated against her will,” Fournier noted in his June 28 verdict. “Adding salt to injury, when it was all over, (Diarrassouba) addressed (Houd), saying ‘Happy Birthday’,” the judge said.

The woman was left distraught and withdrawn afterward, and the judge noted her emotional and psychological scars.