Cotati man guilty in child porn, molestation case

<p>A Sonoma County jury Friday found a Cotati man guilty of 46 felony counts of sexual misconduct with a 9-year-old girl who he photographed in the making of pornography.</p><p>The verdict exposes George Clair, 37, to more than 70 years in prison for acts that occurred in 2008, partly in a trailer on the grounds of a Cotati towing company where he worked.</p><p>Judge Julie Conger set sentencing for Dec. 17.</p><p>The verdict came after about a day of deliberation in a trial that spanned nearly two weeks.</p><p>The victim, now 10 years old and a relative of Clair's, took the stand Wednesday, describing how Clair made her pose nude and perform sex acts with him.</p><p>Among the counts was a guilty verdict on a charge of oral copulation and sexual penetration with a child under 10, which alone carries a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.</p><p>Clair was arrested in 2008 after an investigation sparked by a tip from the Internet provider AOL to the Virginia-based National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.</p>