Ex-Burlington teacher convicted of 1980s sexual assaults denied bail pending appeal

A former Burlington elementary school teacher who sexually assaulted five students at Pineland Public School in the 1980s has been denied bail pending appeal.

Last year, a jury convicted 88-year-old Barbara Baxter of gross indecency and five counts of sexual assault.

The Superior Court of Justice sentenced Baxter in January to 65 months, which is nearly five and a half years.

The court handed down sentences of 25 months, 16 months, 16 months, four months, and four months for offences related to each of the victims, respectively.

Baxter was ordered to provide a DNA sample for the national database.

She is also prohibited from communicating either directly or indirectly with any of the five complainants for the custodial period of the sentence.

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