Escort agency sent HIV positive women
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 6, 1999 8:46 AM ET
CBC News
A Toronto court has heard that an escort agency, with hundreds of clients, knowingly sent out women who were HIV positive, to provide sexual services.
The trial involves 32 year old Mark Lukacko of mississauga. He was manager of an agency in Etobicoke that operated under the names, Sweet Escorts, Sweet Sensations and Exotica.
An undercover officer said that two years ago she answered an ad, and was hired as a prostitute. she was told she would be paid 80 dollars an hour she would be expected to provide her own condoms.
The prosecution says it will introduce files the agency kept on its employees. Three of those files have notes on the back about the health risk posed by three escorts.
Prosecutor Calvin Barry says the agency's client list will also be entered as evidence, later in the trial.
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Calvin Barry is a Toronto-based criminal lawyer with over 16 years experience as a senior crown attorney at Calvin Barry Professional Corporation - Criminal Lawyers. Calvin Barry Lawyer Toronto has practiced in the area of Criminal Law and Regulatory Offenses since October of 2004, accruing over 30 years experience in criminal law.
