Sexting sentences due today

Six teens will be in court in Bridgewater today for sentencing after pleading guilty to distributing intimate images of 20 girls without their consent.

The Crown attorney said in March he hopes this case raises awareness about the criminal consequences of sexting…but expert Dr. Wayne MacKay at Dalhousie doubts it in what he calls a world of teenage hormones and sexuality run amok.

Court martial at Aldershot

A court martial gets underway today for aformer soldier charged with striking a superior officer among other things.

Retired Corporal Garett Rollman is charged with incidents alleged to have occurred in February of last year at Aldershot. Rollman also faces two charges of “conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline”…including uttering a racial slur and acting in an intimidating manner.