CANADA
StarPhoenix
A former supervisor at a residential school has been found guilty of eight counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency against several students in the 1960s.
Paul Leroux, who is 72, represented himself at his trial, pleading not guilty to assaulting about a dozen former students at the Beauval Indian Residential School in the 1960s.
Justice Murray Acton read the verdict, along with a lengthy explanation, in the Battlefords Court of Queen’s Bench Tuesday. Leroux was found not guilty on seven other charges.
After a brief deliberation, Acton decided Leroux will be held in custody until his sentencing, prompting applause from the crowded gallery in the courtroom.
The accused denied all the charges against him in his final arguments, made last Tuesday.
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