The Ontario Court of Appeal reserved its decision after hearing arguments Tuesday on whether a violin teacher had a ‘sexual purpose’ when he touched his female students’ breasts and nipples during music lessons
Violin Teacher Claude Eric Trachy, 73, tries to conceal his face as he leaves the Ontario Court of Appeal at Osgoode Hall in Toronto on May 14, 2019.The Ontario Court of Appeal reserved its decision after hearing arguments Tuesday on whether a violin teacher had a “sexual purpose” when he touched his female students’ breasts and nipples during music lessons, with the Crown lawyer asking the panel of judges to overturn the man’s acquittal or order a new trial.
In his April, 2018, decision in Mr. Trachy’s case, Justice Carey said he believed the accused was “motivated to innovate in the area of violin supports” – by measuring his students from the shoulders down to the mid-chest – between the 1970s and early 1990s, when he would have been about 45 years old.
His former students accused him of touching their sometimes bare breasts with his hands or a ruler, and instructed them to play with their chest exposed. In four cases, he created moulds using either a malleable heated plastic or putty. How often Mr. Trachy took these measurements varied, with one woman testifying at the trial it happened about two dozen times over two years.
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