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A West Island resident who operated a tattoo and body-piercing shop in Pierrefonds for years has been sentenced to a nine-month prison term for having sex with two minors inside his place of business.

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Rowan McKenzie, 49, appeared sullen before he was taken into custody Thursday afternoon even though he knew the sentence Quebec Court Judge Joëlle Roy delivered would be based on a joint submission made by lawyers on both sides of the case.

In February, McKenzie pleaded guilty to charges he had faced since 2013. In doing so, he admitted he had sex, inside a shop he used to own called Skin Deep, with two girls who were 14 and 15 at the time.

After the guilty plea was entered, one of the victims, who was inspired by the MeToo movement, took to Facebook and described her experience and disappointment in the sentence McKenzie would probably receive. What she posted generated many shares and comments. Another woman who had sex with McKenzie inside his shop while she was a minor joined in the Facebook campaign and revealed he had been convicted of similar offences in 2005.