A former B.C. teacher has been found not guilty on charges of sex crimes involving children, the B.C. Prosecution Service says.

Bhupinder Singh Sonu was 40 years old and working at a Lower Mainland Khalsa school in 2023 when he was charged with three counts each of sexual interference and sexual exploitation involving three different complainants.

Two of those counts — one of each charge type, both involving the same complainant — were stayed earlier this month, Sonu's defence lawyer, Gagan Nahal, and a spokesperson for the B.C. Prosecution Service confirmed to CBC News.

A judge acquitted Sonu of the other four counts, which involved the other two complainants, on Monday after a five-day trial in Surrey Provincial Court.

“It was a long time coming,” Nahal said of the verdict. “It’s a d

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