A "deprived and appallingly vulnerable" former child prostitute has told a Sydney court of the traumatic chain of events that led her to turn to drugs and crime.
Bassam Darwich, 57, was found guilty of five counts of acting as a client in prostitution with children aged 14 to 18 years, who were pimped out by two sisters.
"You know I may have been on drugs but I still do not believe I deserved what happened to me," one of his victims said in a statement read at the Downing Centre District Court on Friday during Darwich's sentencing hearing.
The girl was living on the streets at age 11 and was using ice by 13.
"I'm not going to lie and say I was an angel because I wasn't," her statement said.