No Hope of Rehabilitation for Quebecer Who Killed 10-Year-Old in 1994, Judge Says

Marie-Chantale Desjardins, who was 10 years old when she disappeared on July 16, 1994, after she left a friend’s house at the end of the day in Ste-Thérèse, Que., northwest of Montreal, is shown in this police handout photo. Her body was found four days later in the neighbouring community of Rosemère in the woods behind a shopping centre. The Canadian Press/Handout – Surete du QuebecThere is “no hope for rehabilitation” for a Quebec man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of a 10-year-old girl north of Montreal in 1994, a judge said Monday as she sentenced the killer to the maximum sentence allowable under the law.Superior Court Justice Hélène Di Salvo told a court in St-Jerôme, Que., that Réal Courtemanche has not shown any remorse for his crime, as she ordered him to serve life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.