Crown drops some sex-crime charges against high school teacher-coach
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Crown prosecutors have stayed some sex-crime charges a Manitoba teacher and rugby coach was accused of committing against students.
Teacher David Bueti, 43, of Winnipeg, was charged in July 2022 with five counts of sexual assault and three counts of sexual interference in alleged incidents of inappropriately touching girls while he worked as a teacher and coach at Steinbach Regional Secondary School.
The incidents involving six students between the ages of 15 and 18 were alleged to have occurred at the Steinbach school between Feb. 1 and May 31 in 2022; Bueti worked at the school from February until June that year.
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Steinbach Regional Secondary School
He had worked at several public and private schools — including some in Winnipeg — over a 16-year career as an educator.
On Oct. 18, court records show, two counts of sex assault and two counts of sexual interference related to information from three of the girls were stayed by the Crown.
Bueti is due in court on three counts of sex assault and one of sexual interference on Nov. 16 in Winnipeg.
A provincial spokesperson, speaking on behalf of the prosecutions service, said in an email that Crown attorneys must meet charging standards at all stages of a prosecution.
“This requires Crown attorneys to consider any new information or evidence as it arises and reassess the case with the new information or evidence. That is what happened in this case,” said the spokesperson.
“As a result, it was determined that there was no longer a reasonable likelihood of conviction for the charges relating to three of the complainants, so those charges were stayed.”
Bueti is the third teacher accused of sex crimes who had charges stayed by prosecutors in the past two months.
Teacher David Bueti, 43, of Winnipeg.
On Sept. 14, prosecutors entered stays for all of the sex crimes offences a Winnipeg junior high substitute teacher was charged with earlier this year.
On Sept. 22, Crown prosecutors also stayed charges against a Ste. Anne music teacher accused last year of sex crimes against a minor.
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