Prostitution trial can be open to public
Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2010 | 1:08 PM ET
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A Quebec judge has ruled that a trial involving two men accused of profiting from prostitution can be open to the public.
Two Montreal men – Myles Tynes and Philip Lafferty – are set to stand trial for charges related to an alleged teenage prostitution ring in the city's west end.
Prosecutor Hélène Décarie requested the public be barred from hearings.
But the Montreal Gazette objected, and the hearing was suspended while the newspaper's lawyer Mark Bantey argued there was no reason to keep the public and media out of the courtroom.
On Thursday morning the court agreed, and the trial will be open.
Tynes and Lafferty are accused of luring minors to a home in Montreal's Lachine borough, holding them against their will and living off the proceeds of prostitution.
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