A two-year prison sentence for a High River woman who plead guilty Wednesday to exploiting children by introducing them to prostitution.

Samantha Pedersen, 24,  was in court to face four criminal charges of procuring minors.

But as part of a plea deal Pedersen was sentenced to the maximum punishment under the provincial act, and was spared the possibility of a five year term.

Reading from a statement of agreed facts, the Crown  said Pedersen was lured into prostitution when she was 14 years old.

Between January 1 and October 4, 2016, Pedersen involved four 16 year old girls in prostitution.

She'll serve her sentence in a federal penitentiary.

 

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