TORONTO — A teen discovered responsible of sexually assaulting one other scholar at an all-boys Catholic school in Toronto is ready to be sentenced as we speak.
A decide discovered the teenager responsible in June of gang sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, and assault after one other teen was sodomized with a brush deal with in a locker room at St. Michael’s Faculty Faculty in 2018.
The prosecution argued the teenager ought to spend three months behind bars for what it known as a “violent and humiliating” incident.
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Crown seeks 3 months for teen found guilty of sex assault at Toronto’s St. Michael’s College School
The defence argued the teenager ought to obtain a probationary sentence of two years with no jail time, like 4 others who pleaded responsible in the identical incident.
The sexual assault was captured on cellphone video and shared extensively on social media earlier than police launched an investigation, which sparked a nationwide dialogue on hazing in youth sports activities.
The decide stated the accused teen might have chosen to not take part.
No younger particular person concerned within the proceedings may be named resulting from provisions beneath the Youth Felony Justice Act.
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