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Human trafficking suspect Lawrence Orubor headed a road gang known as The Household, a witness who mentioned he put her into the intercourse commerce testified Wednesday.
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The lady, who can’t be recognized, instructed the courtroom she was recruited into the group in 2020 and compelled to promote medicine in a tent metropolis developed across the Calgary drop-in centre.
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“Have been there any particular folks you bought medicine to?” Crown prosecutor Vicki Faulkner requested the witness.
“The household,” the northern Saskatchewan lady mentioned.
“What was the household?” requested the prosecutor.
“A gang.”
Orubor and co-accused Shakir Jamal are on trial within the Calgary Court docket of King’s Bench on prices associated to human trafficking.
The 31-year-old witness mentioned she was homeless and lived in Calgary throughout the summer time and fall of 2020.
“I’ve stayed in all places,” she mentioned, locations that included the Drop-In Middle.
She mentioned she often used methamphetamine and bought medicine to the gang, which consisted of about 30-40 folks dwelling in tents arrange close to the homeless shelter.
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“Apart from the ladies, had been you assaulted by anybody else?” requested Faulkner.
“Simply as soon as… (by) Lawrence.”
She mentioned Orubor punched her repeatedly “as a result of I misplaced cash,” leaving her bruised.
The witness went residence to northern Saskatchewan for Thanksgiving in 2020, however returned to Calgary and began working for the group once more.
“Once you got here again after Thanksgiving weekend, what work did you do for The Household?” Faulkner inquired.
“I bought myself.”
“Does that imply working for the intercourse commerce?”
“Sure.”
Earnings will go to Orubor, says witness
She mentioned she was positioned in an Airbnb, an condominium and finally a home in Forest Garden, and co-defendant Jamal was tasked with taking good care of the ladies.
However Orubor was the boss of the group, she mentioned.
“The cash you earned working within the intercourse commerce, the place wouldn’t it go?” requested Faulkner.
“To Lawrence,” replied the witness.
“And why wouldn’t it go to Lawrence?”
“As a result of he was my boss,” she mentioned.
Her testimony, earlier than Choose Blair Nixon, continues Thursday.
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