A woman who spent years working in Calgary’s sex trade to support a drug addiction told a judge that she believed Richard Mantha wanted to help her get away from the lifestyle by offering manual labour on his rural property.
She testified Friday that instead, she was sexually assaulted and attacked by the man she once considered a friend.
The woman, whom CBC News has previously identified as Avery, was the Crown’s first witness at Mantha’s trial. As Avery testified, by her side was a dog named Cali, provided by the Calgary Police Service’s victim assistance unit.
Mantha, known at the time by Avery as Poncho, is charged with
