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Card 004: breach of the law “same crime, same sentence” — teacher and student, sex with a 16-year-old · British Columbia · he — 14 months in jail, she — 6 months
teacher and student, sex with a 16-year-old · British Columbia · 2017 / 2009 · he — pleaded guilty, 14 months in jail; she — pleaded guilty, 6 months.
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".
Details: both decisions, the law, what happened after
He
- Case: R. v. Smith
- Citation: 2017 BCPC 265
- Court: Provincial Court of British Columbia
- Date of decision: 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).
- Decision: https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcpc/doc/2017/2017bcpc265/2017bcpc265.html
She
- Case: R. v. N.M.
- Citation: 2009 BCPC 281
- Court: Provincial Court of British Columbia
- Date of decision: 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).
- Decision: https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcpc/doc/2009/2009bcpc281/2009bcpc281.html
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