A 23-year-old man with no fixed address has been sentenced to five years in jail after pleading guilty in a Newmarket courtroom to charges of human trafficking.

Yesterday, Jah Tyius Williams pleaded in front of the Honourable Justice Joseph F. Kenkel.

In June 2012, police began an investigation after a 15-year-old girl told police she was recruited into prostitution, court heard.

Mr. Williams was arrested Nov. 20, 2012 on human trafficking charges.