Former teacher jailed for sexually assaulting students

Michael Slater, now 73

Former Ottawa teacher Michael Slater, now 74, was jailed Tuesday for three years for sexual offences against two students, both now adults.

Minutes after Ontario Superior Court Justice Julianne Parfett sentenced Slater, he was hugged by tearful family members before being led away by police to be processed into the prison system.

Despite being convicted by a jury in March, Renfrew-native Slater maintains his innocence and, noted Parfett, has shown no remorse for his crimes.

He had pleaded not guilty to five counts, including indecent assault, gross indecency and buggery involving one victim now aged 57 and another complainant whom Slater assaulted about 20 years later, in the late 1980s.

Crown prosecutor Lisa Miles said the crimes warranted a six- to eight-year sentence, which the judge rejected as excessive.  (more...)

Former teacher jailed for sexually assaulting students