Caledonia woman to be sentenced in human trafficking scheme
A woman who admitted to forcing an 18-year-old Brantford woman into prostitution could face jail time.
Carly Creor of Caledonia was among five people arrested after the victim called police from a Guelph hotel room in early 2020.
Three co-conspirators — Daniel Campbell, Dragisa Lucic and Joshua Hillock — were convicted in October 2022 of human trafficking, procuring, and profiting from trafficking and sexual services.
A fourth accused, Crystal-Anne Marier, was acquitted of the same charges. She was the only one of the four accused to testify at the first trial, which began in March 2022 and stretched over several months due to scheduling issues.
Representing the Crown were Susan Orlando and Heather Palin from the Ontario Human Trafficking Prosecution Team.
Creor’s case was to be heard at a separate trial this past January. But, on the opening day, she pleaded guilty to human trafficking and advertising sexual services, bringing the court proceeding to a swift conclusion.
Her sentencing hearing is set for June 28 in Cayuga.
Court heard the victim — whose identity is shielded by a publication ban — thought she was launching a modelling career but instead ended up performing sex work in various hotels in southwestern Ontario, servicing eight to 10 clients a day and seeing the money she made taken by her handlers, who controlled her schedule and plied her with drugs.
At the time she was forced into the sex trade, the victim shared a house with the five accused on Larry Crescent in Caledonia.
Police searched the home and found drugs and drug paraphernalia, replica guns and ammunition.
Last December, Campbell received the stiffest sentence at 10.5 years, while Lucic was sentenced to 6.5 years and Hillock received a four-year prison term.
Each sentence was reduced according to time served.
J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator
