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James Forcillo to remain in custody as Attorney General's office pushes for his bail to be revoked

The suspended police officer, convicted in the 2013 shooting death of Sammy Yatim, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly violating bail conditions related to his house arrest.

Suspended Toronto police officer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly breaching bail conditions

Const. James Forcillo will learn the result of his appeal of his attempted murder conviction in the 2013 shooting of Sammy Yatim.
In January 2016, Forcillo was found guilty of attempted murder for continuing to shoot at Yatim while the 18-year-old was lying on the floor of an empty Toronto streetcar in June 2013. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

Const. James Forcillo will stay in custody for at least two more weeksafter he allegedly violated the conditions of his bail.

The suspended Toronto police officer, convicted in the 2013 shooting death of SammyYatim, was arrested Wednesday for violating bail conditions related to his house arrest.

He appeared in court Friday to address those violations, but the hearing was pushed back to Nov. 30.

Between now and then, the court is expected to review a request by the Attorney General's officethat Forcillo's bail be revoked altogether.

Forcillo had been residing with his ex-wife,Irina,and she was listed as a surety under his bail conditions.

"Given the situation where you're living under the same roof with your spouse and you're separated and going through that, it must be a lot of stress for everybody concerned," Toronto Police Association president Mike McCormack told CBCTorontoon Wednesday.

Forcillo has been out of jail since July, when he was released on bail pending his appeal of his attempted murder conviction.