A former N.W.T. teacher and coach will serve nine years for sexually assaulting and exploiting two of his teenage students.

Neil Barry was sentenced at the N.W.T. Supreme Court in Yellowknife on Wednesday.

He was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault and sexual exploitation by a jury in May for incidents that had happened about 15 years ago.

Barry taught in Tulı́t'a and Fort Simpson between 2007 and 2017.

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During the trial the court heard from the victims who said Barry had masturbated in front of them, touched them inappropriately, and played a card game with them that required players to strip to their underwear.

One complainant also said that Barry had performed oral sex on him without his consent.

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