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

An Ontario court has declined 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, and there would be “no reasonable chance of success should a review be ordered.”

Nygard’s lawyers had argued the bail 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.

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They also argued the bail 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.

The bail judge found his appeal appeared to be “weak” and that he had a greater incentive to flee …