Crown seeks 8 years for ex-Surrey real estate agent who sexually abused 2 girls

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Prosecutors accidental a erstwhile Surrey existent property cause who sexually abused 2 underage girls and made video recordings of 1 of them should walk 8 years successful prison.

Paul Atanassov pleaded blameworthy to sexual interference and making kid pornography. He was primitively charged with 14 offences, including intersexual battle and kid luring.

At a sentencing proceeding connected Monday, the tribunal heard however Atanassov plied his victims with drugs and intoxicant earlier engaging successful protected intersexual intercourse with them.

One unfortunate was conscionable 12 years old, portion the different was 14.

The Crown told the tribunal the 28-year-old appeared to minimize his behaviour, suggesting his victims were deceitful, and that helium wouldn’t person engaged successful intersexual enactment with them if they had been truthful astir their age.

The tribunal heard that Atanassov often met girls connected societal media apps, and had utilized a assortment of drugs including Dilauded, Xanax and “Molly” anterior to the offences.

According to a doctor’s study entered successful court, helium had sought retired 1 of his victims erstwhile she was conscionable 12 years old.

The girl’s property should person been readily evident to him, the Crown told the court.

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The tribunal besides heard however Atanassov had recorded respective videos of him abusing 1 of the victims. One of those videos has since been circulated connected societal media, further victimizing the girl, the tribunal heard.

The 12-year-old victim’s “life has taken a downward spiral” since the abuse, prosecutors added.

The lone mitigating origin successful the case, the Crown argued, was Atanassov’s blameworthy plea.

Defence lawyer Tony Paisana sought a three-year condemnation for intersexual interference, followed by six months connected the kid pornography charge, arguing Atanassov “has paid a important terms for his behaviour” and has “lost his chosen tract of employment.”

Atanassov was suffering from cause addiction erstwhile helium committed the offences, Paisana told the court, and was “devastated” erstwhile helium learned the ages of his victims.

Paisana added Atanassov has been the taxable of 2 acts of vigilantism, and that media sum of the lawsuit had been “salacious.”

Atanassov was besides attacked portion successful custody and stabbed six times, his lawyer said.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin has reserved her determination for a aboriginal date.