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Coffin reports to jail after appeal court decision
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Date: Tuesday Apr. 11, 2006 6:31 AM ET
MONTREAL — Advertising executive Paul Coffin has begun serving his jail sentence for fraud related to the sponsorship program, according to two all-news TV channels.
Coffin reported to officials at Bordeaux jail today, becoming the first player in the federal sponsorship scandal to be incarcerated.
The Quebec Court of Appeal sentenced Coffin to 18 months in jail late last week and gave him 72 hours to report to authorities.
Coffin could be paroled relatively early into the sentence.
A lower-court judge had previously ordered Coffin to perform community service after he pleaded guilty to defrauding Ottawa of $1.5 million.
Crown prosecutors, who wanted a 34-month prison sentence, pointed out that Coffin prepared 373 fraudulent invoices over more than five years.
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I think he was pushed to take matters into his own hands. I have a teenage son and if he was involved with a drug dealer I would be furious and try anything to save him like this father did for his daughter. Why do police often say they can't do anything until it's too late? Whether it be a drug dealer or an abusive spouse, the police can't seem to do anything until something really bad happens. In this case they could have raided the drug dealers home and arrested him. The whole town knew what was going on in that house but yet the police chose to do nothing. Release this man and give him a medal for doing the right thing by his daughter. I can't wait to see the episode on W5, I will certainly be watching this one.
