A former Regina high school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student was acquitted on Tuesday of all five charges he faced, Regina’s Court of King’s Bench confirmed to CTV News.
Jeffery G. Dumba, now 52, faced charges including luring, sexual exploitation and making sexually explicit material available to a person under 16 years of age.
The alleged offences were said to have occurred in the summer of 2021 after Dumba and the female student, who attended the school where he was employed, began communicating on the social media platform Snapchat.
Their communications allegedly evolved to sexual images being exchanged on the app as well as through iPhone messages.
Dumba’s trial had been ongoing since June of this year.
He was initially arrested in 2021 after police were made aware of the alleged relationship.
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