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	Appeal Denied Standard Freeholder April 29, 2010 http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2555637 Former Cornwall police officer and central figure for the Cornwall Public Inquiry Perry Dunlop has seen his appeal of contempt charges dismissed by the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Toronto, Wednesday. Dunlop served six months in jail after being found guilty on civil contempt charges in November 2007 for refusing to testify at the inquiry. He spent a further 30 days in jail in March 2008 for criminal contempt as he remain silent. Currently residing in Duncan, B.C., Dunlop led a crusade into claims of a pedophile ring and of rampant sexual abuse within local public institutions, including the Roman Catholic church and the justice system. His investigations eventually led the OPP's Project? Truth, as well as the inquiry itself. Dunlop was called to testify in Cornwall in September 2007. He attended the proceedings but refused to anwer questions. In filing his appeal, Dunlop described his time in jail as "cruel and unusual punishment." Dunlop did not appear when his appeal was scheduled to be heard orally in Toronto this January, so it proceeded in writing instead. According to CP, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, in dismissing the criminal and civil appeals, said "given the serious nature of the contempt," there is no basis to interfere with the sentences, which Dunlop has long since served. The findings of contempt are fully supported by the record, wrote the three-judge panel. "In his notices of appeal the appellant makes vague allegations about denial of his charter rights," the judges wrote. "The record, however, shows that the appellant was given numerous opportunities to obtain counsel, make submissions and purge his contempt. His other claims, for example, that he was unlawfully arrested and denied his right to fundamental justice are spurious."
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