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Every courthouse sees its share of young men convicted of crimes who stand straight, square their shoulders and look the judge right in the eye.

Dave Larose-Guertin, who pleaded guilty last spring to torturing rodents, arson and possessing child pornography, is not one of them.

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Larose-Guertin, who goes by Guertin on Facebook, has been in and out of the Gatineau courthouse more than a dozen times since his arrest in the late summer of 2018.

Each time he crept in nervously, shoulders hunched, and glanced over his shoulder to see who was in court — stark contrast to his Facebook photos that show him confident and jaunty, and holding a small white rat.

Now he has been sentenced to two years on five charges involving cruelty to animals, arson and child porn. Since he has been in jail for a year and four months already he will be due for release very soon.

His lawyer assured the court the 21-year-old from Buckingham has changed for the better since his arrest, and no longer enjoys winning the trust of small animals so that he can torture them and watch them bleed.