EX-OFFICER LOSES BID FOR RELEASE ON BAIL

A former Toronto police officer facing charges of trafficking in
heroin and other illicit narcotics has lost his second bid to be
released on bail.

Abraham Bailey, 49, a 21-year veteran of the Toronto police force
before resigning three years ago, has been in custody since his arrest
in early February.

He's accused of trafficking in heroin, cocaine and marijuana, and
keeping a common gaming house.

Madam Justice R. T. Boyko rejected the bail application after
listening to arguments from Bailey's lawyer, Jack Pinkofsky, in a
Newmarket courthouse yesterday. The motion was opposed by federal
prosecutor Harvey Frankel.

A publication ban prohibits the media from reporting what was said in
court.

But Boyko's rejection of the bail application obviously upset
Pinkofsky.

When asked by the judge if he would be representing Bailey at next
Thursday's pre-trial hearing, Pinkofsky replied: "Probably not," and
quickly walked from the courtroom while it was still in session.

Bailey's mother, Ettie Dennis, was in the gallery yesterday, brushing
away tears when her son, a former constable who had been stationed in
31 Division in North York was led into the prisoner's box.

Police launched an investigation early this year after residents
living near a Coffee Time Donuts on Steeles Ave. W. in Vaughan
complained that narcotics were being sold out of the shop.