PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro will try to get sprung from jail today.
He wants a judge in Peterborough, Ont., to give him bail while he appeals his conviction for cheating during his 2008 re-election campaign.
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Del Mastro was still protesting his innocence when he arrived in court before his sentencing on Thursday.
He appeared stunned when the judge handed him a month-long jail term.
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The judge said he deserved prison for what she called his “affront” to democracy.
Del Mastro used to speak for Prime Minister Stephen Harper against electoral-fraud allegations levelled at the Conservatives.
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