{
 "id": "003",
 "offence": "teacher and student, sex with a teenager",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "years": "2010 / 2013",
 "story": [
  "He was a high-school teacher in Humboldt. His student was 16–17. He pleaded guilty. Sentence: 18 months in jail.",
  "She was a teacher, aged 33. Her student was 15; there were many sexual contacts. She pleaded not guilty, and the court saw no remorse. The Crown asked for jail and cited his case as an example.",
  "The court gave her the same 18 months — at home.",
  "One province, one offence, one court — the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench."
 ],
 "male": {
  "case": "R. v. Elder",
  "citation": "2010 SKQB 120",
  "court": "Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench",
  "date": "2010-03-26",
  "charge": "sexual exploitation of a young person (Criminal Code s. 153)",
  "outcome": "pleaded guilty",
  "sentence": "18 months in jail",
  "facts": "Teacher; a grade 11–12 student, 1996–1998. 18 months in jail and 12 months of probation (paras. 1, 3; sentence — 2013 SKQB 332, paras. 7, 19).",
  "source": "https://www.canlii.org/en/sk/skqb/doc/2010/2010skqb120/2010skqb120.html"
 },
 "female": {
  "case": "R. v. McLachlan",
  "citation": "2013 SKQB 332",
  "court": "Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, jury",
  "date": "2013-04-25",
  "charge": "sexual exploitation of a young person (Criminal Code s. 153)",
  "outcome": "convicted by a jury",
  "sentence": "18 months at home",
  "facts": "Teacher, 33; student aged 15; \"numerous\" sexual contacts. No remorse. The Crown asked for up to 2 years in jail, citing Elder (paras. 1, 7, 21).",
  "source": "https://www.canlii.org/en/sk/skqb/doc/2013/2013skqb332/2013skqb332.html"
 },
 "law": [
  "Criminal Code s. 718.2(b)",
  "Charter s. 15",
  "Charter s. 28"
 ],
 "after": "The jury first acquitted her; the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal set the acquittal aside (2012 SKCA 74). After the new sentence the Crown appealed the term at home; the Court of Appeal upheld it (2014 SKCA 68).",
 "after_source": "https://www.canlii.org/en/sk/skca/doc/2014/2014skca68/2014skca68.html",
 "added": "2026-10-17"
}