A Toronto judge has served Craig Ruthowsky with notice that the suspended Hamilton cop is looking at a lengthy prison term after rejecting both the defence and Crown’s proposed sentences. Earlier this year, a Toronto jury convicted Ruthowsky of bribery for accepting protection money from Hamilton drug dealers, attempting to obstruct justice, criminal breach of trust and drug trafficking. Article Continued Below“It doesn’t look good for you in terms of what you perhaps expected the outcome would be,” Superior Court Justice Robert Clark told Ruthowsky, who will hear the bad news next Tuesday. Nonetheless, Clark told court he is “keeping an open mind here,” and will hear further submissions Tuesday. You of all people should know that the arm of the law is a very long one and eventually people get caught,” Clark told him.

Source: thestar May 23, 2018 17:48 UTC