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The youngest victim, who can only be identified by the initials N.V. due to a publication ban, was a vulnerable 15-year-old girl when the accused charmed and persuaded her to work for them, using the lure of a downtown Vancouver condo and the promises of lots of money.

Court heard that they controlled her behaviour, imposed rules about what she could and could not do, and directed her on how to provide sex to the clients.

They controlled when and where she could work and took the money she earned from prostitution. She was told she couldn’t have boyfriends and couldn’t leave the apartment without telling them where she was going.

The trial also heard that the two men used violence and the threat of violence to intimidate N.V., including Albashir at one point holding a gun to her head and telling her that she belonged to him.

On another occasions, the accused hurt her dog and threatened to throw the animal off the balcony. Both men raised their voices to her, yelling at her and calling her names and swearing at her to keep her under control.

She in turn called them “Daddy” while Albashir called her his “bitch.”

The two other victims, who can only be identified by the initials K.C. and S.C. due to the ban, were in their mid-20s and each a mother of a young child, when they were recruited by the accused. They worked for the accused in both Vancouver and Edmonton.

K.C. had previously worked as an escort but claimed she didn’t know anything about working with a pimp until she worked with Albashir.