
一名孟加拉国女性在萨斯喀彻温省遭两名男子贩运和剥削,并被其中一人多次强奸,她表示现在生活在恐惧中,难以信任任何人。
A Bangladeshi woman who was trafficked and exploited by two men in Saskatchewan — and repeatedly raped by one of them — says she now lives in fear and struggles to trust anyone. "I can't forget them.
“我无法忘记他们。他们终结了我的梦想。他们毁了我的一生。他们毁了我的名誉、我的未来、我的家庭、我的事业,”这名女子在受害者影响陈述中写道。
They stopped my dream. They destroyed my life. They ruined my honour, my future, my family, my career," the woman wrote in her victim impact statement.
45岁的穆罕默德(M.D.)·马苏姆和56岁的索海尔·海德尔今年早些时候被判犯有人口贩运罪,于周四返回萨斯卡通省法院接受判刑。
Mohammed (M.D.) Masum, 45, and Sohel Haider, 56, were convicted earlier this year of human trafficking and returned to Saskatoon provincial court on Thursday for their sentencing.
马苏姆还被判犯有三项性侵犯罪,法官用“更清晰、更通俗的外行语言”将其行为定性为强奸。受害者身份受法院颁布的出版禁令保护。
Masum was also found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, for actions that the judge classified "in clearer and simpler layman's language" as rapes. The victim's identity is protected by a court-ordered publication ban.
尽管她的姓名未被公开,但她在受害者影响陈述中表示,孟加拉国家乡社区的流言蜚语影响了她家庭的名誉,毁了她兄弟姐妹的未来。
Even though her name has not been published, she said in her victim impact statement that the gossip in her home community in Bangladesh has affected her family's honour and ruined her siblings' futures.
这名女子表示,她过去独立自主,但现在依赖他人资助,并为此挣扎。她质疑自己来加拿大的决定,感觉自己像是一件被卖给顾客的商品。
The woman said she used to be independent and self-sufficient, but now depends on others for support and struggles with that. She questions her decision to come to Canada, where she felt like a product being sold to a customer.
两名萨省餐厅经营者因贩运孟加拉国女子获罪指控涵盖的时期为2022年8月1日至2023年3月31日。这名女子在被告知将有一份餐厅工作、可帮助她作为临时外籍工人留在加拿大后,来到了萨斯喀彻温省。
2 Sask. restaurant operators convicted of trafficking woman from Bangladesh The charges covered a period between Aug. 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023. The woman came to Saskatchewan after being told she would have a job in a restaurant that would help her stay in the country as a temporary foreign worker.
她先在海德尔经营的古尔莱克一家餐厅工作,随后被送往蒂斯代尔,在马苏姆经营的一家餐厅工作。二人并未为她办妥合法工签,却称正在办理。她未获得合理报酬,被迫每周工作六天、长时间劳动。
She worked first at a restaurant Haider operated in Gull Lake, then she was sent to Tisdale to work in a restaurant operated by Masum. They did not have the proper work permits for her, but said they were working on it. She was not properly paid and was forced to work long hours, six days a week.
当她终于拿到工签时,该工签却是针对埃尔罗斯另一家餐厅的。抵达那里不久后,在一些关心她的人帮助下,这名女子逃了出来。信任被背叛,检方辩称人口贩卖罪有四年监禁的强制最低刑期。
When she finally received a work permit, it was for a different restaurant in Elrose. Shortly after arriving there, the woman fled with the help of some people who had become concerned about her. Trust violated, Crown argues Human trafficking carries a mandatory minimum sentence of four years in prison.
检察官莱斯利·邓宁(Leslie Dunning)辩称,马苏姆(Masum)的罪行——一项人口贩卖罪和三项性侵犯罪——应判处总计15年监禁,而海德(Haider)因人口贩卖罪应被判处五年半监禁。
Crown prosecutor Leslie Dunning argued that Masum's crimes — one count of human trafficking and three counts of sexual assault — called for a total sentence of 15 years in prison, and Haider should be sentenced to five and a half years for the human trafficking.
邓宁辩称,两名罪犯都对该女子处于信任和权威地位,并在她来到萨斯喀彻温省后,通过控制她“生活中几乎方方面面”而背叛了这种信任。
Dunning argued both offenders were in positions of trust and authority over the woman, and they violated that trust by controlling "virtually every aspect of her life" after she came to Saskatchewan.
此外,邓宁辩称,马苏姆在一系列性侵犯行为中,包括一些涉及身体暴力的行为,将该女子“用于他自己的性满足”。
In addition, Masum exploited the woman "for his own sexual gratification" in a series of sexual assaults, including some that involved physical violence, Dunning argued.
马苏姆的律师扎卡里·卡特(Zachary Carter)辩称应判处总计七到九年监禁,并认为这仍然是“相当重大”的刑期。
Masum's lawyer Zachary Carter argued for a total sentence of seven to nine years, suggesting that is still a "substantial" sentence.
海德的律师克里斯·格拉顿(Chris Gratton)辩称应判处四年的强制最低刑期,并认为没有加重情节会使刑期高于最低刑期,而最低刑期本身就是一个重大的刑期。
Haider's lawyer Chris Gratton argued for the mandatory minimum of four years, arguing there was an absence of aggravating factors that would push the sentence higher than the minimum, which is itself a significant sentence.
命令赔偿 米格尔·马丁内斯(Miguel Martinez)法官于周四下午晚些时候宣判。他同意格拉顿的观点,认为海德应服四年的强制最低刑期。对于马苏姆,法官判处总计14年监禁。
Restitution ordered Judge Miguel Martinez delivered his sentencing decision late Thursday afternoon. He agreed with Gratton that Haider should serve the mandatory minimum sentence of four years. For Masum, the judge imposed a total sentence of 14 years.
他还命令两名男子向受害人支付拖欠的工资赔偿。海德被命令支付5885.16美元,马苏姆被命令支付12268美元。
He also ordered both men to pay restitution to the victim for wages owed to her. Haider was ordered to pay $5,885.16 and Masum was ordered to pay $12,268.