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An Ottawa teacher has been charged with sexual assault after police allege she was sexually involved with a male student under the age of 16.

Kyla Cowan-Wilson is charged with sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching and sexual interference.

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Ottawa police said the alleged sexual offences occurred during the 2013-14 school year while Cowan-Wilson was employed with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. The school board did not reveal the exact school, although Cowan-Wilson had been teaching science at Sir Winston Churchill Public School in Nepean in 2012.

Police said the 32-year-old came in from an interview with investigators Tuesday morning and was charged shortly thereafter.

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Cowan-Wilson appeared in court by video from the courthouse cells. She wore a blue sleeveless top. Her long blond hair hung over her left shoulder and her hands were cuffed in front of her.

The Crown agreed to release her on a $5,000 bond with her husband Matthew Wilson as her surety. Cowan-Wilson held hands with her husband as she walked out of the courthouse to a waiting car following her release from custody.