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"I didn't have any choices because I couldn't do anything," the sobbing girl told the jury at Zeqri's trial, giving evidence from behind a screen. Zeqri arranged for her to be given false documents, suggesting that she was a qualified masseuse. He forced her to telephone saunas and massage parlours, finding the numbers from the back pages of some magazine. He drove her to and from work, pocketing the cash that she was paid. "I was working morning, afternoon and evening. Sometimes I would get home at 7am and would have to start work again at 11am," Ramona said. |
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"I hated all the men I was working for. But if you didn't do what they were saying they would always get angry and hit you and swear at you." After Zeqri hit her she would cover the bruising with make-up and go to work again. She escaped after a brothel maid encouraged her to run away. Ramona fled a sauna at midnight, although her shift was due to end at 4am. She spent the night in a safe house and then went to police. |
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"The girls were talking one afternoon about other girls. They had left, they had married, they had families and were happy," she said. |
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"I asked if the police helped you in these cases and they said they did; that they would help you get away from it and start a new life. This girl, Missa, said that if I ever needed to get away she would help." |
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Prosecutors were unable to find any law against Zeqri trafficking the girl as a sex slave, except for living off immoral earnings, which usually carries a two-year jail sentence. Because the pair entered France separately, Zeqri could not be prosecuted for facilitating her illegal entry,the anti-trafficking charity said. |
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Sentencing has been delayed until later this year... |
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