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Six-year sentence restored for former Alberta school headmaster guilty of sex assault

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Paul Sheppard was convicted in 2021 of sex offences against the Grade 7 student at Saint John’s School of Alberta .

The victim, Steacy Easton , was granted a court application to have a publication ban on their name removed.

The Supreme Court of Canada says the original six-year term is reinstated and Sheppard must turn himself in to authorities by Friday .

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