Ottawa teacher's aide jailed for 14 months after sexually exploiting student

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http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/08/30/ottawa-teachers-aide-jailed-for-14-months-after-sexually-exploiting-student

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The Ottawa teacher’s aide who sexually exploited a vulnerable high school student for two years was jailed on Tuesday for 14 months in what the judge called a significant breach of trust.

Ontario Court Justice Celynne Dorval didn’t buy Katherine Kitts’ defence that it was just an awful lapse in judgment and noted the planning and duration of the sexual exploitation was anything but spontaneous. Kitts, 46, would sometimes furnish her minivan with an air mattress for planned sexual encounters in parking lots and parks near the boy’s home.

Moments after a shaken Kitts was handcuffed and led to the cell blocks, her victim’s mother said she was relieved the painful case was finally over and expressed thanks to Ottawa police.

Her son had always struggled in class, so when he met Kitts, he was grateful, court previously heard. She would, he felt, guide him through to graduation day. She helped him with his homework and he trusted her. But a year later, Kitts was stalking him and he felt like he had to have sex with her for fear she’d fail him. His secret haunted him and he became distant, tired and withdrawn.

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14 months seems like an extremely light sentence.