Her friend went elsewhere shortly after they arrived in Montreal and left her alone with the two brothers. She had had a previous sexual relationship with one of the brothers but testified she was surprised when they pressured her into working as a prostitute in Montreal. One threatened her with violence but she still refused.
After being in Montreal for a matter of days, the brothers introduced her to Myles Tynes, 35, of Lachine, one of the accused. It was Tynes, the woman said, who convinced her to work as a prostitute.
“I had no choice. I was stuck in Montreal with no one I knew,” the woman said while cross-examined by defence lawyer Pierre L’Ecuyer.
He asked the witness why she would refuse to work as a prostitute for two men she knew but suddenly agree to do the same thing for Tynes, a man she had just met.

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Prostitute ‘had no choice’ Trial testimony. Two men accused of forcing girls to work for escort agency  By PAUL CHERRY, The Gazette August 27, 2010 8:10 AM  
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Her friend went elsewhere shortly after they arrived in Montreal and left her alone with the two brothers. She had had a previous sexual relationship with one of the brothers but testified she was surprised when they pressured her into working as a prostitute in Montreal. One threatened her with violence but she still refused.
After being in Montreal for a matter of days, the brothers introduced her to Myles Tynes, 35, of Lachine, one of the accused. It was Tynes, the woman said, who convinced her to work as a prostitute.
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He asked the witness why she would refuse to work as a prostitute for two men she knew but suddenly agree to do the same thing for Tynes, a man she had just met.

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Prostitute ‘had no choice’ Trial testimony. Two men accused of forcing girls to work for escort agency  By PAUL CHERRY, The Gazette August 27, 2010 6:55 AM  
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Her friend went elsewhere shortly after they arrived in Montreal and left her alone with the two brothers. She had had a previous sexual relationship with one of the brothers but testified she was surprised when they pressured her into working as a prostitute in Montreal. One threatened her with violence but she still refused.
After being in Montreal for a matter of days, the brothers introduced her to Myles Tynes, 35, of Lachine, one of the accused. It was Tynes, the woman said, who convinced her to work as a prostitute.
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He asked the witness why she would refuse to work as a prostitute for two men she knew but suddenly agree to do the same thing for Tynes, a man she had just met.

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MONTREAL â A Quebec Court judge has rescinded an order he made Wednesday to exclude the public from a trial of two men charged with forcing minors to work as escorts.
Judge Pierre Labelle ruled the Crown did not offer any evidence that such an order was warranted.
Montreal police began an investigation in January after a 17-year-old girl called her family and complained she was forced to work for a Montreal escort agency.
Investigators learned another teen also claimed to be working for the same agency.
Shortly after the investigation began, several charges were filed against Myles Tynes, 35, of Lachine, Que., and Philip Lafferty, 50, of Montreal. Both men now face 19 counts, including living off the avails of the prostitution of a person under the age of 18. That charge has a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

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A Quebec judge has ruled that a trial involving two men accused of profiting from prostitution can be open to the public.
Two Montreal men – Myles Tynes and Philip Lafferty – are set to stand trial for charges related to an alleged teenage prostitution ring in the city’s west end.
Prosecutor Hélène Décarie requested the public be barred from hearings.
But the Montreal Gazette objected, and the hearing was suspended while the newspaper’s lawyer Mark Bantey argued there was no reason to keep the public and media out of the courtroom.
On Thursday morning the court agreed, and the trial will be open.
Tynes and Lafferty are accused of luring minors to a home in Montreal’s Lachine borough, holding them against their will and living off the proceeds of prostitution.

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MONTREAL – A Quebec Court judge has rescinded an order he made Wednesday to exclude the public from a trial of two men charged with forcing two minors to work for an escort agency.
Ruling on an objection made by The Gazette, Judge Pierre Labelle ruled the Crown did not offer any evidence that such an order was warranted.
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The experts learned that from his late teens, Guay had a problem dealing with his emotions. While studying at CEGEP, he frequently paid for sex with escorts. It was a way, he said, to focus on his studies. Dating and falling in love would have been a distraction, he said of his attitude back then.
“It was a way of having sex without the emotion,” he said.
After getting married in 2003, Guay began experiencing personal problems and began a pattern of sexual deviance that became worse the longer it went unnoticed.
It began with trips to strip bars where he paid for lap dances. He then began hiring escorts again, once a week. When this didn’t satisfy him, he became the sexual predator who terrorized women in Laval and St. Jerome between May 2004 and July 2005. Losing control of his personal life somehow converted into a need to dominate women.

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superieure, 1100 Notre Dame St. W., corner Peel (1997) With 5,000 students from across Quebec, this engineering school affiliated with the Universite du Quebec now occupies the former Dow Brewery site. It is in the process of converting an elegant, nine-storey former Dow building built in 1925 at the northwest corner of Peel and William Sts. to house businesses where ETS students can gain work experience.
11. Dow Planetarium, 1000 St. Jacques St. W., near Peel (opened April 1966)
New Skies for a New City was the name of the first show at this building endowed by Dow Breweries. It’s now known as the Montreal Planetarium.
12. Former Griffintown Police Station, 217-219 Young St. (1875) This modest stone structure was serving the working-class district in 1876, when 12,894 starving Montrealers sought refuge in police cells during a depression. It was here that prostitute Susan Kennedy was charged with murder after beheading Mary Gallagher in 1879. Former residents gather every seven years to watch for Gallagher’s ghost.

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Tremblay cited Parent’s clear mission, years of experience and history of direct engagement with various communities across Montreal as the main reasons for his choice.
“This was a very difficult decision,” he said. “Before making this choice, I thought about my fellow citizens, and their expectations. … Marc Parent, for me, had a mission and a vision that he intends to put into practice as soon as possible.”
This week, the field was narrowed from five candidates to two by a selection committee and the names submitted to the mayor. Tremblay’s other choice was the current assistant police chief, Jean-Guy Gagnon.
Gagnon and Parent were the only candidates in the original field who live on Montreal Island. Each met with the mayor for several hours, said Tremblay, discussing everything from prostitution to racial profiling to collective agreements.

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Tremblay cited Parentâs clear mission, many years of experience, and history of direct engagement with various communities across Montreal as the main reasons for his choice.
âœThis was a very difficult decision,â said Tremblay at a press conference held Thursday afternoon. âœMarc Parent, for me, had a mission and a vision that he intends to put into practice as soon as possible.â
Earlier this week, the field was narrowed from five candidates to two by a selection committee created especially to help choose a replacement for outgoing police Chief Yvan Delorme, and the names of those two candidates were then handed over to the Mayor.
Tremblayâs other possible choice was Montrealâs current assistant-chief, Jean-Guy Gagnon. Both Parent and Gagnon met with the mayor for several hours, during which time Tremblay said they discussed everything from prostitution to racial profiling to collective agreements.

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