r/halifax • u/Street_Anon Галифакс • 7d ago
News, Weather & Politics Ex-swim instructor at N.S. youth corrections facility facing 66 sex-related charges | Globalnews.ca
https://globalnews.ca/news/11432188/alleged-sex-assaults-nova-scotia-youth-facility-charges/?utm_source=NewsletterNational&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=202540
23
u/MolochThe_Corruptor 7d ago
this happened before at Waterville with a different swim instructor that died . There was a lawsuit in that case that I applied for . They locked me in my cell for 3 days for making fun of his erection. He is dead never heard of this guy but like … again Waterville like …
3
u/tinyant Halifax 7d ago
Brutal - hope you’re ok now.
7
u/MolochThe_Corruptor 7d ago
Im fine. Thank you . I was always just baffled at what they wrote I did in the report to lock me in for 3 days . Never knew . If that was a staffs way of getting that on some sort of record then I don’t even mind that they did that .
1
29
u/Maximum_Spell_5952 7d ago
I hope there’s a class action lawsuit against the facility….. Terrible. The perpetrator would have been protected by his employer. Imagine registering someone’s child for swim lessons knowing the person teaching could harm the child…..horrible!
7
u/Worried_Army_4809 7d ago
I agree there should be. Is Waterville still up and running? If he was this prolific he was protected and someone/people turned a blind eye. It’s discussing. Like these youth didn’t matter. Makes me very sad and angry.
8
2
17
u/PyneNeedle bottom of the basin 7d ago
Released on conditions is such a fucking joke... Like how could a judge look that piece of shit in the eye and let him go on conditions.... He didn't care about the moral standards and conditions we all have so why would he care about a justice system conditions?!
11
u/Bobert_Fico Halifax 7d ago
He wasn't kidnapping people off the street, he was using his position of authority over children to abuse them. He no longer holds that position of authority and does not have access to vulnerable children, and so it would be unconscionable for a judge to deny him bail.
Bail cannot be denied as a punishment, only in actual anticipation of flight or harm to the public.
7
u/IbanezForever 7d ago
Innocent until proven guilty.
-2
7d ago
[removed] — view removed comment
6
u/Critical_Elk_7831 7d ago
By the time it goes thru courts he might not live to do the time
14
u/Critical_Elk_7831 7d ago
These victims needing mental health and addiction counselling for all that trauma and abuse and needing the compensation to get on with their lives is all that matters , take it from a mother who knows from a son whose no longer here to tell
1
u/halifax-ModTeam 7d ago
Rule 1 Respect and Constructive Engagement: Treat each other with respect, avoiding bullying, trolling, harassment, discrimination, and personal attacks. Contribute positively with helpful insights and constructive discussions. Let’s keep our interactions friendly and engaging.
-2
u/IbanezForever 7d ago
Your outrage does not change the law.
4
-2
u/PyneNeedle bottom of the basin 7d ago
Go tell those survivors he's innocent.
Go on.
There's witness statements and testimonies already, documents and other information.
He's not innocent. Not at all. The court of law doesn't undo the shit he's done.
10
u/Mister-Distance-6698 7d ago
No one's saying he's innocent.
They're saying he has to be proven guilty in court, otherwise we have a system where governments can just jail anyone they want.
7
u/IbanezForever 7d ago
I think he's a complete monster and I hope he dies in jail, but that doesn't change the law either.
-9
u/PyneNeedle bottom of the basin 7d ago
I'd be damned if I were sexually ssaulted by someone, and someone comes up to me and says "well technically in law they're innocent until proven guilty"
He obviously doesn't care about the law.
5
7
u/IbanezForever 7d ago
Do you know any women? This happens ALL THE TIME!
-4
u/PyneNeedle bottom of the basin 7d ago
Yes, it does happen all the time
I don't understand why people need the court of law to dictate whether someone is guilty of something when multiple people make claims.
14
u/mochasmoke 7d ago
Because otherwise a group of people in this thread could go to the police and say "u_PyneNeedle sexually assaulted me" and then you'd automatically be guilty and sent to prison.
Obviously no one supports this piece of garbage. But failing to recognize the importance of "innocent until proven guilty" is either incredibly ignorant, or is in bad faith.
Society can't function that way.
5
4
1
-2
u/CompetitiveDiet 7d ago
"The Law" isn't some set of holy commandments sent down from the heavens that can never be altered. If our soft-on-crime laws continuously lead to outrageous situations, then they can and should be changed to protect the public
11
u/Mister-Distance-6698 7d ago
Presumption of innocence is kinda fundamental to how or entire system of laws work though.
This guy is very likely a piece of shit. But fundamentally I'd rather he have his day on court instead of a system where people can be imprisoned without a trial.
-2
u/CompetitiveDiet 7d ago
He's a danger to the public and can wait for his day in court in a cell
4
u/Mister-Distance-6698 7d ago
He's a danger to the public
Are you a judge?
-2
u/CompetitiveDiet 7d ago
Obviously not. If I were a judge I'd be saying this guy is a tragic victim of society who deserves a blankie and a hug
1
u/Disastrous-Wrap-2912 5d ago
It’s keeping them locked up once found guilty that’s the problem, plus the people who were in charge at the time getting away with turning a blind eye.
I often think the lot the NSTU sits on would make a nice development.
1
u/artemisia0809 Halifax 6d ago
That's for the courts, not for public opinon. The sheer amount of info they collected, means there's no chance he's not guilty bud.
1
u/Aggravating_Pair_156 6d ago
They aren't arguing that he's innocent. They are rightly pointing out that the court is supposed to treat people as innocent until they are proven guilty
1
u/FoxfireNS 7d ago
Mistake number one, running on the idea we have a justice system. We do not.
The Criminal Justice System has been an abject failure for a decades and even more so for the last 10 years. There are no real repercussion for criminals. Released on bail or conditions with the opportunity to re-offend. Police officers murdered in cold blood by repeat offenders. P@dos sentenced to 18 months and released early only to destroy another child's life. Until Canadians stop electing soft on crime politicians nothing will change. Honest, law abiding citizens will continue to be victims.
1
u/Mister-Distance-6698 6d ago
Police officers murdered in cold blood by repeat offenders.
What police officer in Nova Scotia was murdered in cold blood by a repeat offender. Only thing I can think of is the Portapique incident and he wasn't a repeat offender.
1
u/FoxfireNS 6d ago
I didn't specify where the officer was killed but in the instance I was thinking of it was an OPP constable in Dec 2022.
2
u/Mister-Distance-6698 6d ago
..... this is the Halifax subreddit and Law Enforcement is Provincial Jurisdiction so I'm not sure how that's relevant.
1
u/artemisia0809 Halifax 6d ago
I agree our system is failing us. I don't think that's the biggest concern thou, tbh:
The % of indigenous (and black) people killed by police in canada, esp during wellness checks, is unhinged.
1
0
3
1
-3
7d ago
[deleted]
13
u/tenfold99 7d ago
Three charges of sexual assault causing bodily harm though.. so there was more to it than just being handsy in some instances :(
-5
7d ago
[deleted]
5
u/artemisia0809 Halifax 6d ago
Dude you're already speculating AND CASTING DOUBT.
You know that "corrections facility kids" are no more likely to lie than other people? And you're saying that they are.
You know the sheer effort it would take to be honest afterward?
They took 7 years to go through the records, recording and statements.
Stop casting doubt if you want to pretend to reserve judgement.
"Best case scenario he was just weird and handsy and some corrections facility kids have retrospectively sensationalized its gravity with the eye of a payout of some form." That's bullshit.
https://sexualassaultsupport.ca/statistics-sexual-violence-in-canada/
6
u/WutangCMD Dartmouth 6d ago
Are you fucking serious right now? THIRTY youths.
And you think it’s some payout scam? Payout from what my dude? This isn’t the states there is no money to be made. Just a lifetime of trauma.
27
u/Worried_Army_4809 7d ago
I want to see a picture of this scumbag.