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Ex-cop gets bail on appeal over pizza charge

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News File photo - AN ex- police sergeant jailed for taking four women from a holding cell at the Point Fortin police station for pizza in 2008 has been granted bail, pending his appeal of his conviction and sentence. Justice of Appeal Ronnie Boodoosingh granted Sgt Winston Pity $200,000 bail or the alternative $40,000 cash bail on Thursday. Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas convicted Pity after a judge-only trial on April 23, […]

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