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An Ottawa daycare provider was convicted Monday of preying on two children in his care.

Ontario Court Justice Jack Nadelle found Jeffrey Wills, 41, guilty of sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation and sexual assault involving then three-year-old and five-year-old girls.

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Wills, who had maintained his innocence during the trial, held his head in his hands as his wife consoled him following the verdict. Meanwhile, the family of one of the victims embraced.

The judge said the evidence of the two girls was “accurate, truthful and reliable.”

To avoid traumatizing the girls further, Assistant Crown Attorney Meaghan Cunningham filed an application to have the girls’ out-of-court statements to their parents and police admitted as evidence. The judge accepted that application and used their statements in his decision.

The three-year-old girl’s parents reported the exploitation of their daughter to police on May 15, court heard.