Antonio Accurso should remain in prison pending appeals: Crown

The Crown is objecting to jailed construction magnate Antonio Accurso’s request to be released pending appeals of his recent conviction and four-year prison sentence.
Accurso, 66, was convicted last week by a jury on all five of the charges he faced: two conspiracy charges, fraud, municipal corruption and breach of trust.
The jury found Accurso actively participated in a system of collusion that was created and run by former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt between 1996