A YOUNG person who threatened to shoot his teacher and classmates will be allowed to return to school here.
The teen was sentenced to one year on probation as part of a conditional discharge with conditions including not going to the school building unless he is attending classes, to complete 15 hours of community work service within the first four months of his probation and not to possess any firearms, weapons or ammunition.
On Nov. 3, 2010, the 17-year-old youth and his class were watching a film when he said out loud that a sexual assault victim on the film deserved it because she didn't “put out,” court heard as prosecutor Paul Kirk reviewed the evidence before sentencing.
The teacher was appalled and told the youth his comments were inappropriate to which he replied by swearing at her, court heard.
While being escorted out of the class, he said he was going to grab a gun and shoot everyone, court heard.
The teen has no criminal record and dealt with this matter early by pleading guilty, said Kirk.
Defence lawyer Ken Anderson said his client plans to go to college and the teen acknowledged he had problems with anger management and would take counselling.
“I expect by this stage you appreciate that these kinds of comments ... are going to create concerns in a school setting,” said Struyk.
“Hopefully you come to appreciate that's going to get you attention you do not want.”
Struyk noted that school staff were quite supportive of him going back to school.
“..without that, it would be difficult to allow you to re-attend,” said Struyk.
The Youth Criminal Justice Act focusses on rehabilitation so that young people can become productive members of society and part of that is getting an education, he said.