Ski instructor held tot's ***** to help him pee
Barrie man pleads guilty to common assault
By Tracy McLaughlin, Special to Postmedia Network
First posted: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 04:21 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 08:51 PM EST
BARRIE - A children’s ski instructor admitted helping a four-year-old student by holding his ***** so the boy wouldn’t pee on his snowsuit.
Jeffrey Green, 55, of Barrie — upset and repentant — was sentenced to 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to common assault. He entered a plea of not guilty to the more serious crime of sexual assault.
Green, fondly known on the slopes as “Greener,” was well-liked by his ski students and taught thousands of kids during the past 35 years, court heard.
He often kept candies in his pockets for children while working at The Heights Ski and Country Club on Horseshoe Valley Rd., north of Barrie.
Green gave the child at the centre of the case, who can not be identified, private lessons for the past two ski seasons. The boy was fond of his instructor, and would often grab his legs or sit on his lap, court heard.
Two witnesses walked into a bathroom last February and saw Green giving the youngster candy, so they went to the parents.
When questioned by his Oakville mother, the boy said Green had helped him pee three times — twice in the trees on a ski slope and once in a bathroom.
“He told his mom that Green opened his ski suit and held his privates to help him go pee so he didn’t pee on himself,” Crown attorney Jennifer Armenise said. She said when Green was arrested, he was apologetic and upset.
“He repeatedly said he made a stupid mistake,” Armenise added. “He indicated he was just helping him go to the bathroom.”
In a victim impact statement, the boy’s mother said: “You are the Grinch who destroys happiness.
“Although the Grinch was invited to the feast in Whoville (a mythical town in the children’s Christmas story), you will never be invited to our table, nor will I ever forgive you,” she said. “I hope you can turn your life around like the Grinch did.”
Armenise told the judge she agreed to allow Green plead guilty to the less serious offence rather than take the case to trial.
“Obviously, there are some very triable issues here regarding intent,” said Armenise. She noted the instructor’s method of giving out candy “is troubling ... The behaviour with the candy is often used as a grooming behaviour.”
This was Green’s first offence.
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/01/05/ski-instructor-held-tots-*****-to-help-him-pee
Barrie man pleads guilty to common assault
By Tracy McLaughlin, Special to Postmedia Network
First posted: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 04:21 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 08:51 PM EST
BARRIE - A children’s ski instructor admitted helping a four-year-old student by holding his ***** so the boy wouldn’t pee on his snowsuit.
Jeffrey Green, 55, of Barrie — upset and repentant — was sentenced to 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to common assault. He entered a plea of not guilty to the more serious crime of sexual assault.
Green, fondly known on the slopes as “Greener,” was well-liked by his ski students and taught thousands of kids during the past 35 years, court heard.
He often kept candies in his pockets for children while working at The Heights Ski and Country Club on Horseshoe Valley Rd., north of Barrie.
Green gave the child at the centre of the case, who can not be identified, private lessons for the past two ski seasons. The boy was fond of his instructor, and would often grab his legs or sit on his lap, court heard.
Two witnesses walked into a bathroom last February and saw Green giving the youngster candy, so they went to the parents.
When questioned by his Oakville mother, the boy said Green had helped him pee three times — twice in the trees on a ski slope and once in a bathroom.
“He told his mom that Green opened his ski suit and held his privates to help him go pee so he didn’t pee on himself,” Crown attorney Jennifer Armenise said. She said when Green was arrested, he was apologetic and upset.
“He repeatedly said he made a stupid mistake,” Armenise added. “He indicated he was just helping him go to the bathroom.”
In a victim impact statement, the boy’s mother said: “You are the Grinch who destroys happiness.
“Although the Grinch was invited to the feast in Whoville (a mythical town in the children’s Christmas story), you will never be invited to our table, nor will I ever forgive you,” she said. “I hope you can turn your life around like the Grinch did.”
Armenise told the judge she agreed to allow Green plead guilty to the less serious offence rather than take the case to trial.
“Obviously, there are some very triable issues here regarding intent,” said Armenise. She noted the instructor’s method of giving out candy “is troubling ... The behaviour with the candy is often used as a grooming behaviour.”
This was Green’s first offence.
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/01/05/ski-instructor-held-tots-*****-to-help-him-pee
