Three young persons, aged 15 at the time of offences, pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon and sexual assault with a weapon arising from locker room incidents at an elite private school in fall 2018.
One of the three also pleaded guilty to making child pornography.
The court imposed community-based sentences of two years probation with conditions, 30 hours community service, and weapons prohibitions.
The sentencing decision extensively examined the school's bullying and hazing culture as contextual factors, the diminished moral culpability of youth, and the rehabilitative potential of the offenders.
The court rejected the Crown's request for custody, finding that community dispositions with targeted therapeutic interventions were appropriate.
