Former Saskatoon Christian school director found guilty of assault with a weapon
The former director of Legacy Christian Academy has been found guilty of assault with a weapon.
In a packed Saskatoon courtroom on Monday, Judge Lisa Watson delivered a lengthy decision, ruling that John Olubobokun is guilty of nine counts of assault with a weapon for paddling students who once attended the school.
“I find that the Crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that [Olubobokun] assaulted each of the named complainants with a wooden paddle,’ she said.
Watson said she did not find Olubobokun’s testimony credible, and rejected his claim that paddles were removed from the school shortly after the Supreme Court’s ruling on corporal punishment in 2003.