Ontario court says it won’t review decision to deny Peter Nygard bail [Video]

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, Crown attorney Neville Golwalla and Justice Robert Goldstein are shown in this courtroom sketch in Toronto on Wednesday July 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould

An Ontario court says it sees no reason to review a decision to deny Peter Nygard bail while the former fashion mogul appeals his sexual assault convictions and sentence.

In a ruling released Friday, a Court of Appeal for Ontario judge said the judge who dismissed Nygard’s bail application last month made no arguable errors in assessing his case.

Nygard’s lawyers had argued the motions judge “unfairly discounted” the value of a new medical report and “failed to appreciate” the arrangement that Nygard was proposing for his release on bail.

They also argued the motions judge failed to appreciate the strength of one of the grounds for appeal related to the admission of expert testimony on the effects of trauma.

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