Judge sentences Granby girl's 'coward' father to four years | CTV News
Jan. 7, 2022 rbbm.
''Quebec Superior Court Judge François Huot has
sentenced a father to four years in prison for taping his seven-year-old daughter with duct tape hours before her death in the spring of 2019.
Before pronouncing the sentence, Judge Huot had scathing words for the accused, saying he had "delivered his daughter" right to the mistreatment of his spouse, the child's stepmother.
"You behaved like a deadbeat -- no, excuse me, like a coward, '' the judge said, adding "damn it, she was seven!"
"Over the next few months, you won't be around malnourished young girls: you will be up against men. I wish you a little more courage," added the judge.
"Know that your behaviour disgusts me to the highest point, as it disgusted the entire province of Quebec," said the judge before sending the man to prison.
The father will spend three and a half years behind bars, given the time he has already served''.
''The girl's stepmother has already been sentenced in the case and will serve at least 13 years without a chance of parole.''
The 32-year-old man had pleaded guilty on Dec. 13 to a charge of forcible confinement, thus avoiding a trial for the three other charges, including criminal negligence causing the death of his own daughter.
