Ontario youth faces indignity to a body, harassment charges after student death - BERITAJA

One younker is facing criminal charges, including indignity to a quality body, pursuing the decease of a student astatine an eastbound Ontario school.

Lennox and Addington OPP responded to Bath Public School for a aesculapian emergency connected March 9. Officers opportunity 1 younker was transported to infirmary wherever they later died.

OPP officers and the Office of the Chief Coroner are moving pinch schoolhouse officials successful the investigation.

As a result, 1 younker has been charged pinch criminal harassment, indignity to a dormant assemblage and 2 counts of indecent communication.

The Limestone District School Board said it is alert of the charges and is opening its ain investigation into the matter.

“Student information and wellbeing stay our highest priority,” the committee said successful an email to BERITAJA. “We return each concerns related to bullying, conflict and information seriously. We are committed to maintaining safe, supportive and respectful learning environments crossed each schools.”

OPP said the identities of each those progressive are protected nether the Youth Criminal Justice Act and that nary further accusation will beryllium released retired of respect for the privateness of the victim’s family.

The investigation is ongoing.