A Calgary teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student will see his trial resume in July after a judge denied the defence application to stay the charges.Former high school teacher Jason Selby, 40, is accused of initiating a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old former student two weeks after she graduated.
On Wednesday, after Justice Sean Dunnigan's decision to dismiss the defence's Jordan application, prosecutor Pam McCluskey stayed the sexual assault charge.that puts hard timelines on what is considered an unreasonable delay from when a charge is laid to when a trial concludes.The accused's lawyers, Alain Hepner and Jared Craig, filed a Jordan application in February, seeking to have both charges stayed.
The judge also noted there were "unforeseen events" — two previous judges recused themselves due to conflicts — that could have reduced the delay further.Throughout the piecemeal trial, which began last summer, court heard evidence that Selby was 33 years old when he began a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old former student.Amy testified that she and Selby began texting in 2018 when she was still a student in Grade 12.
By then, she says, she had realized how young she was when her own relationship with the teacher began.
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