EDMONTON - A man who pleaded guilty to brutally sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl at the Paul Band First Nation is expected to learn his fate this week.

Sentencing begins Monday for James Clifford Paul for aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault.

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In December 2014, the little girl was airlifted to hospital in critical condition after being sexually assaulted and brutally beaten by Paul. Her family said she was found outside, naked and beaten so badly she was almost unrecognizable.

The six-year-old was taken to the Stollery Children's Hospital with "traumatic injuries related to blunt trauma," where she remained in a coma for several days before waking up.

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In a news conference after the attack, Superintendent Gary Steinke, with RCMP K Division said the case had a huge impact on the community and the police officers.

Paul First Nation is about 35 kilometres southwest of Stony Plain, near Wabamun Lake.