Justice Robin Baird called it a “thoroughly disgraceful incident” in his March 26 judgment. “If the defendant is a person of any conscience, he will be immobilised by shame every time he thinks of it,” Baird wrote. “I would emphasise that the plaintiff was barely older than the students, most of them full-time boarders, who are committed by their parents to the defendant’s care every day of the school year. I am amazed that he was not fired from his employment.” Thirteen years ago, Thompson was a 21-year-old security guard at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver, and Fraser was a 50-something teacher at Shawnigan Lake School, where he continues to work.