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He said Olubobokun was waiting for him at his house when he returned home and called him a “disgusting perversion.” Nolin’s brothers Cody and Cole also testified, saying students were also hit at school for disobeying the rules — anything from talking in class to cheating.“There were multiple occasions where the paddle cracked or broke over my body,” Cole testified.
The school used a strict demerit system for misbehaviour, according to the brothers. Several demerits resulted in a “caution” and a note that had to be signed by parents.“You were forced to bend over a desk or a chair to present your bottom and they would strike you with it three times,” Nolin’s brother Cody testified.
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