Former Grenfell, Sask., teacher pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy

Tori Lynn Peterson, 23, sentenced to 18 months in jail

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A former rural Saskatchewan teacher has been sentenced to 18 months at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert.

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Tori Lynn Peterson, 23, plead guilty in provincial court Tuesday to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Her other charge of sexual interference was stayed.

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Peterson was also ordered to provide a DNA sample, and to not own or use any guns for 10 years.

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Regina police say they first received a report about a "sexual relationship" between Peterson and the boy in January.

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According to her defence lawyer, Barry Nychuk, Peterson had just broken off an engagement to be married when — as per the agreed statement of facts — the 15-year-old admitted that he "instigated and initiated the sexual contact."

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Nychuk told CBC News the boy was not Peterson's student at the time of the assault as she had been dismissed from her job by then.

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