Raynald Côté - Convicted Pedophile

A convicted pedophile was sentenced in St-Jerome court today, for molesting six little girls aged 5 to 8, last year and the year before.

The Crown was seeking a seven-year sentence for 45-year-old Raynald Côté. And the judge came close: sending the Terrebonne man away for six-and-a-half years.

Côté, described by Judge Claude Melançon as a manipulative liar, was actually caught in the act by a friend who returned home unexpectedly one night and found Côté molesting his 6-year-old daughter on the kitchen table.

The child's father told the court he came very close to killing Côté that night, but something held him back.