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	Dunlop a No-show in Court Standard-Freeholder January 19, 2010 http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2266685 -The former Cornwall cop whose refusal to testify became one of the missing links for the Cornwall Public Inquiry, was a no-show in Toronto court Monday after filing an appeal regarding his contempt of court convictions. The Canadian Press reported Sunday the Crown didn't notify Dunlop of the hearing date and had not been successful in attempts to reach him over the past week, according to information in Dunlop's court file. According to the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Dunlop will still have 14 days to make oral arguments, or he could proceed with the case in writing. Dunlop, who is self-represented for the appeal, served a total of seven months in jail on criminal and civil charges for refusing the summons to testify. According to the CP report, in his appeal, Dunlop, who now lives in Duncan, B.C., said his incarceration amounted to "cruel and unusual punishment." Lawyers for the inquiry's commissioner and the Crown write in court documents that there are no legal grounds to overturn the contempt findings because Dunlop has not given a lawful excuse for his refusal to testify.
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