Nova ScotiaNicole MacLeod, who taught at a school in Tatamagouche, N.S., was sentenced Wednesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, admitting she had sex with a 15-year-old who attended the school.Nicole MacLeod, 37, admitted she had sex with 15-year-old who attended Tatamagouche, N.S., schoolFormer teacher Nicole MacLeod is shown being escorted away from a courtroom in Truro, N.S., on Wednesday after being sentenced for sex offences involving a student at the school where she taught. (Richard Cuthbertson/CBC)A 37-year-old former music teacher was led out of a Truro, N.S., courtroom in handcuffs Wednesday, sentenced to four years in prison for sex offences against a teenage student who attended the school where she taught.Nicole MacLeod, a mother of two, previously pleaded guilty to four sex-related charges, along with a breach of conditions, admitting that last year she had sex with the 15-year-old boy when she was a teacher at Tatamagouche Regional Academy in Tatamagouche, N.S.”These were extreme violations of the physical integrity of the victim, who was entitled not to be taken advantage of by a person in a position of trust and an adult some 20 years older than him,” Justice Jeffrey Hunt said in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.The victim wasn’t taught by MacLeod, but the two began connecting on Facebook about school-related matters, such as photos for the yearbook, according to an agreed statement of facts read in court by prosecutor Michelle Jessome. Those conversations later continued on Snapchat, becoming more personal, and then romantic and sexual.MacLeod performed oral sex on the teen in the spring 2024, and then rented an Airbnb that June where the two had sex, according to the agreed facts. MacLeod was arrested later that month and charged. There were no sexual encounters at the school.She was released on conditions, including that she have no contact with the student. At the end of August, however, they met in her car near his home, a breach of the release order.
Former music teacher sentenced to 4 years for sex offences against student
