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Date set for judge's decision on sex-charge allegations against Roger Jabbour

A date has been set for a decision in the case of a former music teacher accused of sex-related charges against three former students. Roger Jabbour was tried last month on eight charges of sexual assault and sexual touching.

Former music teacher pleaded not guilty to all eight charges of sexual assault, sexual touching

Roger Jabbour testified at his trial in July that his relationship with the three former students was "a student-teacher relationship. Nothing more." (Jane Robertson/CBC)

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  • On Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, Roger Jabbour was found guilty of three counts of sexual touching.
  • Not guilty of three charges of sexual assault. Two charges of touching for sexual purpose stayed.
  • Jabbour was acquitted on the charges involving the fourth complainant on Nov. 2

A date has been set for a decision in the case of a former Charlottetown music teacher accused of sex-related charges against three former students.

Roger Jabbour, 66, was tried in July on eight charges of sexual assault and sexual touching.

The three complainants were band students of Jabbour's at Colonel Gray High School at the time.

The allegations relate to a period between September 2012 and June 2015.

The case was back in provincial court Thursday to set a date for the judge's decision.

That will happen on Sept. 7.

Jabbour has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

He also faces a second trial on Sept. 14 involving allegations by a fourth complainant of sexual touching from the early 1990s.

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With files from Brittany Spencer