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Kelowna teacher found not guilty of child luring

Jeffrey Allan Jennens, a former Rutland Senior Secondary teacher, was found not guilty on May 5, 2025, in Kelowna Provincial Court of luring a child under 18 by telecommunication.
Jennens was arrested in May 2023 after the Kelowna Sex Crimes Unit investigated sexually explicit Instagram messages he sent to a former student on May 12, 2023.
During the trial, Jennens' defense contended that his intention was to caution the student about the risks associated with sharing provocative images online, and that he became flustered and abandoned his initial approach when the student stopped engaging.
Judge Cathie Heinrichs stated the Crown did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that Jennens intended to facilitate an offence, noting Jennens' messages and his state of impairment could explain the communications.
Jennens was acquitted but lost his teaching license, and the verdict suggests that without clear intent to commit an offence, transmitting explicit messages is not criminal under luring charges.

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Kelowna teacher found not guilty of child luring

A teacher sending sexually explicit messages to a teen may be creepy, but without the intention to follow through it’s not criminal, a Kelowna judge ruled Monday.

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