Ex-judge convicted of murdering wife denied bail

Former Quebec judge Jacques Delisle,convicted of murdering his wife,is not getting bail pending his request for appeal.

A court justicehas ruledthat Jacques Delisle must stay behind bars after being convicted of first-degree murder in June.

A jury found Delisle guilty of shooting his wife Nicole Rainville to death in 2009.

Delisle, 77,is believed to be the first Canadian judge to be convicted of first-degree murder.

Inhis writtenruling releasedFriday, Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Richard Wagner denied the bail request on the grounds it would undermine the public's confidence in the justice system.

Wagnersaid the jury that heard Delisle's trial had ample time to understand evidence presented.

Delisle's lawyerJacques Larochelle argued his client is not a flight risk, is not a danger to reoffend, that he had a blemish-free past and that he took care of Rainville for years.