SAINT-JEROME, QUE.—The 20 years that have passed since Bertrand Charest’s crimes cannot erase the pain he inflicted on his young victims, a judge said Friday as he sentenced the former national ski coach to a 12-year prison term. Bertrand Charest is shown in this 2015 court sketch. Lepine said Charest still did not grasp the severity or the consequences of his crimes and has denied the need for therapy. Read more: Victims of ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest give emotional statements at sentencing hearing Former ski coach Bertrand Charest to appeal conviction on 37 sex-related charges Former ski coach Bertrand Charest doesn’t deny having had sex with some students: lawyer He stressed that the victims, the youngest being 12 years old, are still suffering from what he called “serious health consequences” as a result of the abuse that took place between 1991 and 1998. “Twelve years is a significant sentence.”In June, former ski coach Bertrand Charest was found guilty in Quebec on 37 charges related to sexual exploitation and sexual assault of his young female students.

Source: thestar December 08, 2017 16:01 UTC