{
 "id": "004",
 "offence": "teacher and student, sex with a 16-year-old",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "years": "2017 / 2009",
 "story": [
  "Both were school teachers in British Columbia. Both students were 16. Both pleaded guilty.",
  "He: about six acts of intercourse over a year and a half. Sentence: 14 months in jail and 10 years on the sex offender registry.",
  "She initiated it. The sex took place in a room behind her classroom, and the same day she discussed it with two of the boy's friends. The second time, the boy refused. Sentence: 6 months. The court refused to put her on the sex offender registry, finding that \"grossly disproportionate\"."
 ],
 "male": {
  "case": "R. v. Smith",
  "citation": "2017 BCPC 265",
  "court": "Provincial Court of British Columbia",
  "date": "2017-07-21",
  "charge": "sexual exploitation (Criminal Code s. 153)",
  "outcome": "pleaded guilty",
  "sentence": "14 months in jail",
  "facts": "Teacher, 37; grade 10 student, 16; about six acts of intercourse, 2013–2014. 2 years of probation, registry for 10 years (paras. 1, 9, 62, 87).",
  "source": "https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcpc/doc/2017/2017bcpc265/2017bcpc265.html"
 },
 "female": {
  "case": "R. v. N.M.",
  "citation": "2009 BCPC 281",
  "court": "Provincial Court of British Columbia",
  "date": "2009-08-28",
  "charge": "sexual exploitation (Criminal Code s. 153)",
  "outcome": "pleaded guilty",
  "sentence": "6 months",
  "facts": "Teacher, 30; student aged 16; she initiated it; sex in the room behind the classroom; told two of his friends the same day. 2 years of probation; not placed on the registry (paras. 3, 7–9, 21, 23).",
  "source": "https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcpc/doc/2009/2009bcpc281/2009bcpc281.html"
 },
 "law": [
  "Criminal Code s. 718.2(b)",
  "Charter s. 15",
  "Charter s. 28"
 ],
 "after": "none",
 "added": "2026-10-17"
}