After systematically detailing the emotional and physical pain he's suffered from being prostituted as a 16-year-old, the slim young man in the sharp grey suit turned to the man responsible and said something unexpected.
"I hope that when Matt [a pseudonym for Michael Bannon] gets out, he's able to get help," the young man told a sentencing hearing in Vancouver on Wednesday.
"He should know that he has potential, just like everyone else does."Bannon, 35, pleaded guilty last week to 22 charges related to an extensive underage prostitution ring he operated out of Vancouver hotel rooms and apartments for a few months in 2014 and 2015.
Defence and Crown lawyers told a B.C. Supreme Court justice Wednesday that Bannon should serve 14 years behind bars.
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