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OSHAWA, Ont. — Former MP Dean Del Mastro took off his tie, kissed his wife Kelly, whispered “love you,” and then gave the tie to her as he was tearfully taken away by police Tuesday.

Del Mastro overspent on his election campaign in 2008 and then tried to hide that fact, an appeals court judge ruled, after rejecting the former Peterborough Conservative MP’s appeal on Elections Canada overspending convictions.

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Justice Bryan Shaughnessy said no errors were made in the original trial and upheld the convictions.

“This is a serious affront to our democratic process,” Shaughnessy said of Del Mastro’s actions.

Shaughnessy also dismissed both the Crown’s and the defence’s appeal of Del Mastro’s original sentence.

Del Mastro was immediately taken into custody following the rulings and will finish out his original one-month sentence in jail, followed by four months of house arrest and 18 months of probation.