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Assistant Crown attorney Eric Costaris read into the court record how Albini came to be arrested on July 18, 2016. On that day, the boy’s mother had discovered the cellphone. Looking through it, the boy’s mom found sexually explicit messages sent through What’sApp and Kik.

The woman called police and Albini was arrested the same day, Costaris said.

In the messages, Albini was simply “Chris.”

A court-imposed publication ban prohibits disclosing the boy’s identity.

In one message, Albini referred to going to yoga. She sent nude photos of herself from the studio. Police got records from the business which showed Albini would have been in attendance that day.

Police found receipts for items Albini purchased for the boy. In addition to the secret cellphone, she bought him an Xbox, a bracelet and clothes.

The boy was able to describe the interior of Albini’s home and how she would pick him up around the corner from his house not to raise suspicions. Albini would promise to “be quick and have him back before his mother gets home,” Costaris said.

The boy told police Albini befriended him in July 2015 when he was in Grade 7. At first, he saw Albini as a “mother figure,” court heard.

But soon, they were professing their love for each other and exchanging sexually explicit messages. Their first sexual encounter involved oral sex in Albini’s home in February 2016. The boy was only 13.

Ontario court Justice Micheline Rawlins said she wants a background report on Albini. Albini has already provided the court with a medical report and a booklet of character reference letters.