Vancouver escort pleads guilty to stealing over $92K from victims

A Metro Vancouver escort accused of drugging and robbing clients has pleaded blameworthy to theft.

Jessica Kane, 32, admitted to stealing conscionable complete $92,000 and a cellphone from six men.

The victims were susceptible because they were highly intoxicated, Crown prosecutors alleged.

Kane was initially charged pinch drugging her clients and robbing them, on pinch a complaint of manslaughter. Those charges person been stayed.

“It seems for illustration it isn’t fair. It isn’t fair,” said Alex Sherry, whose relative Dustin Lefebvre’s decease led to that manslaughter charge.

Sherry said he was disappointment nan charges had been dropped pinch nary mentation from prosecutors.

“It’s unfortunate. It seems for illustration it’s not nan correct system. There’s thing off,” he said.

Crown counsel would not remark connected why nan drugging charges related to alleged offences successful Surrey were stayed.

In Vancouver, nan lawsuit collapsed because nan alleged unfortunate did not want to testify.

Kane has ever adamantly denied drugging anyone, according to her lawyer.

Outside nan Surrey Provincial Court, Kane herself declined to comment.

The Crown is asking for a jailhouse condemnation of clip already served connected nan theft charges.

Defence is arguing for a conditional discharge, which would mean Kane faces nary criminal record.

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Kane has already spent 23 months successful custody which, pinch in installments for clip served, is already excessively high, her lawyers person argued.

She has nary criminal grounds and pleaded blameworthy to theft, sparing nan victims who are embarrassed and ashamed from having to testify, they said.

Defence further based on location was egregious behaviour by nan police, including 20 breaches of Kane’s charter rights.

Kane had a difficult life, moving successful nan activity waste and acquisition since she was 16 to support her mother. Her begetter was abusive to her mother, and is connected Canada’s astir wanted database for friendly partner violence, defence told nan court.

The Crown based on Kane was motivated by greed, and that her behaviour was predatory and premeditated complete a play of 18 months.

None of nan victims were successful tribunal but Crown lawyers publication their statements of shame, embarrassment and fearfulness to nan court.

Last twelvemonth Kane was besides charged for drugging and robbing a man successful Alberta. Police person now confirmed each charges successful that state person been stayed.

— pinch files from Rumina Daya