Daniel Senecal was serving jail time for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy and then released early, in March. Within six months, he was arrested again — after first responders rushed to a Welland, Ont., home where a three-year-old girl had been seriously harmed.

The girl had been sexually assaulted sometime after 10 p.m. ET on Aug. 30, Niagara police said in a news release. Her family discovered her injuries the morning of Aug. 31, and she was taken to hospital and treated, police said.

They said footage from a nearby surveillance camera helped investigators identify and arrest Senecal, 25.

Senecal is now in custody, charged with sexual interference and aggravated sexual assault on a person under 16, break and enter, and choking and assault. The bail hearing was Wednesday and the ma

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