Bertrand Charest denied bail pending appeal of his conviction

Ex-national ski coach Bertrand Charest has been denied bail pending an appeal of his sex-crimes conviction involving his teenage students.

The Quebec Court of Appeal heard arguments last Thursday and Justice Martin Vauclair handed down his ruling today.

Charest was found guilty last June of 37 of the 57 sex-related charges he was facing and a judge recently sentenced him to a 12-year prison term.

His lawyers said they had serious grounds for appealing the guilty verdicts and that Charest’s chances of being acquitted or getting a new trial were very good.

Last week, a lawyer for Charest proposed $50,000 bail and a $50,000 undertaking on his property and said his client would agree to report to provincial police on a regular basis, abide by a curfew, abstain from working as a coach and stay away from parks and schools.

The convictions involved nine of the 12 women who’d accused Charest of crimes dating back more than 20 years.

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