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Despite calling the use of copyrighted news material in attack ads “shameful,” the NDP ignored a warning not to use footage of former MP Dean Del Mastro being led off to jail in shackles in a video clip of its own.

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Global News says it asked the party to remove the clip of Del Mastro from the end of a commercial called “Enough” that remains posted on the party’s YouTube channel on Monday.

The ad uses a series of still images of Conservatives who have been investigated, charged or convicted, and concludes with slow-motion video recorded in June of Del Mastro being led from the Peterborough, Ont., courthouse into a police van.

Del Mastro, who once served as Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s parliamentary secretary, was sentenced to one month in jail for overspending on his 2008 election campaign. He is currently appealing the conviction and sentence.

George Browne, managing editor of Global News, confirmed that the network had formally requested its footage not be used.