Teacher wants sexual assualt charges dropped

A teacher charged with sexual assault has asked a judge to dismiss her case due to court delays.

41 year-old Tania Pontbriand allegedly had a sexual relationship with one of her with a male student while she taught at Rosemere High School, on Montreal’s North Shore.

Pontbriand’s trial was set to start Tuesday, but was postponed by a day.

According to the student, he and Pontbriand had more than 200 sexual encounters between 2002 and 2004 in her car, at the school, and at highway rest stops. The student went to police in 2007.

Pontbriand’s lawyer argues that the time it took for the case to make it to trial was acceptable and should proceed as planned. No decision has been made by the judge.