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Posted 7/31/2006
(Stamford, Connecticut) In June 2005, 31-year-old athletics coach at
Eagle Hill School, Beth Raymond, was charged with sexually assaulting
a 12-year-old student and risk of injury to a minor. Eagle Hill is a
school for learning-disabled children ages six to 13.
Since last year, Raymond's case has taken several turns (see here and
here). She initially pleaded not guilty.
In the latest development, Judge John Kavanewsky sentenced Raymond to
18 months in prison.
Last week, from GreenwichTime.com:
Raymond pleaded no contest to one
count each of second-degree sexual assault and violation of a
protective order and was sentenced to eight years in prison, suspended
after 18 months, with credit for time served. A no contest plea means
she neither admits guilt nor contests the charges.
She also was sentenced to 15 years of probation, and must register as
a sex offender in Connecticut upon her release for a minimum period of
10 years.
If she tries to contact her victim again, the suspension of her
sentence will be lifted and she will have to go back to prison to
serve her full sentence.
The neurological problems were found when Raymond's lawyer requested
an evaluation of her.
Attorney Michael Meehan told Kavanewsky that although Raymond has a
master's degree in education, her mental capacity and judgment was
impaired by a downhill skiing accident and a serious automobile crash
in the late 1990s.
The two accidents produced mental
problems which, apparently, prompted the judge to suspend most of her
sentence. The prosecutor agreed that Raymond had brain damage but
stated the condition didn't rise to the level of a defense.
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