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Restaurant and bar owner Peter Sergakis said Saturday he will be appealing a Montreal municipal court’s decision to find him guilty of refilling liquor bottles and keeping alcohol in containers other than the ones in which it was delivered.

The charges were based on evidence from a 2013 inspection when 103 bottles were seized from one of his clubs, Sky on Ste-Catherine St., according to the court’s May decision.

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Inspectors believed the bottles were refilled because the bottles were too full and stickers were damaged, the decision stated. Sergakis testified before the judge a system to transfer alcohol between bottles had existed for years, but he had never had any previous problems.

Sergakis said on Saturday liquor was transferred between bottles because the stickers on the bottles became damaged before all the alcohol in the bottle was used.

“The law says that we’re not allowed to do that, but I don’t agree with that law,” he said. He added the alcohol was all legally purchased and was never diluted or mixed with other varieties.

La Presse reported the fine would be $18,000, but Sergakis could not confirm the amount.