A mentally ill Ottawa woman with the emotional age of a 13-year-old was sentenced to federal prison for two years on Thursday for using teenage girls as sex slaves in her parents’ basement. One of the girls testified that she screamed in pain and begged them to stop, but the couple just laughed. Budd has always maintained her innocence and once wished her victims the best of luck, court heard. Her defence lawyer is appealing the federal sentence and Budd’s co-accused ex-boyfriend, Comunale, is expected to be sentenced later this year. But Justice Kirkland believed the girls’ testimony, and described them as “compelling, credible and reliable.”“They did not conspire to fabricate their stories,” the judge told the court.

Source: National Post September 02, 2016 02:03 UTC