Officer denied bail following airport arrest

Toronto cop allegedly tried to flee country while on bail for stealing Swiss watch, credit cards

- BETSY POWELL

A suspended Toronto police officer who was arrested at a Montreal airport last weekend for allegedly trying to flee the country just weeks before his sentencing on charges of fraud, theft and breach of trust has been ordered to remain in custody after he was denied bail Wednesday.

Const. Boris Borissov, 50, was picked up by Montreal police at Pierre Elliot Trudeau Airport last Saturday and charged with breaching his bail condition that he not leave Ontario.

After his trial in May, Justice Mary Misener convicted Borissov of offences relating to the theft of a luxury watch and credit cards, and unauthorized use of police computers. Borissov’s testimony that he did not commit the crimes didn’t sway the judge, who called him “completely unworthy of belief.” She agreed to his release pending sentencing after he surrendered his passports and any other travel documents, and agreed to remain in Ontario.