Teacher heard laughing as she filmed autistic student with Down Syndrome being duct-taped to a chair learns fate

A Ohio teacher who was heard laughing arsenic she recorded a colleague duct-taping an autistic kid with Down Syndrome to a seat has learned her punishment. 

Rachel Smith, 28, was recovered blameworthy of unlawful restraint and 2 counts of endangering children implicit the March incident. 

The justice agreed to the defence petition to merge the charges and she was sentenced connected Wednesday to 3 years probation, 80 hours of assemblage work and banned from having immoderate interaction oregon moving with radical who person developmental disabilities, reported WXIX.

Smith has tried to defend the sickening act that she and workfellow Allison Vestring engaged successful arsenic 'fun' alternatively than punishment.

'I americium profoundly atrocious for what unfolded connected Friday, March 1. I don't cognize wherefore Ally thought it was a bully thought to enactment portion connected him and looking backmost I regret not stopping what was going connected and not taking the portion disconnected of him instantly and not intervening,' Smith said astatine sentencing.

The household of the unfortunate - 15-year-old Dustin Hodges - told the section quality outlet that are relieved by her punishment. 

'We're conscionable grateful for each the hard enactment the prosecutors did. We're satisfied with the court's determination connected Rachel's sentence. We're gladsome this is each implicit with,' they said. 

The ex-West Clermont High School teacher filmed the harrowing video showing the boy heard trying to telephone for assistance arsenic Vestring taped him down and Smith laughs.

'Try and get up,' Smith taunts the lad arsenic helium sits helplessly tied to the chair.

'This isn't funny,' helium manages to say, prompting the teachers to giggle again and importune that it is.

Another video shows the lad trying to telephone different teacher who helium is adjacent to for help.

'He's not coming to assistance you,' Smith laughs arsenic the teen cries retired again. 'He's not coming, you're stuck,' she adds.

Court documents authorities that the teen was near bound to the seat for up to 5 minutes.

The boys parents - Mark and Angela Hodge - told WKRC that their lad has constricted carnal and verbal skills and does not similar to beryllium restricted.

'You clasp his hands and it's similar putting a portion of portion implicit his mouth, that's however helium expresses himself, he's perpetually moving his hands,' said Mark. 

'He doesn’t similar to beryllium restrained successful immoderate way, whenever he’s restrained helium benignant of starts freaking out.

'It was disgusting however they were laughing astatine him for their ain amusive to get kicks.'

The parents said Dustin loves going to schoolhouse each time but present they conflict to nonstop him not knowing however teachers volition beryllium treating him.

Vestring was sentenced successful June and received 5 years probation for unlawful restraint.