It's another case of corporal punishment traditions colliding with the law.
But this time there were no courthouse protests.
Rather, there was courtroom support for a principal and a kindergarten teacher of an Aylmer-area Mennonite school.
Johan Penner, 30, principal at the Old Colony Christian School, pleaded guilty to six counts of assault with a weapon -- a brown belt without a buckle.
Anna Klassen, 42, pleaded guilty to one count.
Supporting them was a large group of people from their Mennonite community.
"They are gentle people, they are peace-loving people, which makes it more interesting that they be in a court of law on something like this," said their lawyer, Gord Cudmore.
"It is the last place they would find themselves and, quite frankly, it's the last place they should be.".....
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