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Posted: May 23 2008, 03:22 PM

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MONTREAL - A former chef who goes by the nickname "Big Mike" has had his sentence for drug trafficking reduced because the provincial jail where he's incarcerated isn't dealing with his 430-pound weight.

Michel Lapointe has already served 20 months behind bars awaiting sentencing in what his lawyer described in court as hellish conditions. "For the first eight months he didn't have a bed adjusted to his size," defence lawyer Clemente Monterosso said in an interview Thursday.

"He never got a chair adjusted to his size. The chair and the tables were too tight and he could not sit down. In jail, the chairs are bolted to the ground and you cannot adjust them."

Monterosso said jail officials refused to provide a chair with a back to accommodate Lapointe's tattooed bulk - jail chairs are more like stools - saying they feared it could be broken and used as a weapon.

The poor prison diet has added more than 50 lbs to the Lapointe's pre-arrest weight of 375 pounds.

Where the shaven-headed convict consumed six pills of medication upon arrival in jail, he now must take 23. It was also hard for Lapointe to take a shower.

"He's only 37 years old but now his health situation has deteriorated to the point that now he has to walk with a cane," Monterosso said. "He's been asking for a better diet but of course they refused that to him, telling him he's in jail, he's not in a hotel and there's only one menu."

Lapointe was arrested during police raids on Sept. 20, 2006, that netted 24 others. He pleaded guilty in February to charges of conspiracy, drug trafficking and gangsterism.

He was sentenced to five years in jail Wednesday but under the formula used to calculate actual time behind bars, Lapointe will be out in about 14 months. Quebec court Judge Marc Bisson also showed clemency in his case because of Lapointe's weight problems.

He also ordered the prison to get Lapointe a proper bed and chair.

Claire Lapointe, Big Mike's mother, says her son has always had weight problems but they were exacerbated by his time behind bars and his health suffered.

"I think it's a terrible situation," she said in an interview. "Happily, the judge's decision yesterday was good, thanks for that, and I hope it will bear fruit.

"I hope it will serve to help other people who have the same health problems who unfortunately have to spend time behind walls."

The mother said earlier attempts to better her son's situation in detention were ignored by officials.

Monterosso said the problem accommodating special-needs convicts is particular to Quebec provincial jails and Lapointe would get better treatment in a federal prison.

Monterosso cited several other cases in seeking compassion for Lapointe before the court.

They included the case of an anglophone biker from Ontario who was locked up in a majority francophone environment, far from his family.

Other cases involved a convicted police officer in Alberta who faced potential harm by being in close contact with people he had helped put in jail.

Clemency has also been granted in the past because of overcrowding in Toronto-area jails and the lack of a vegan diet for a British Columbia convict.

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Posted: May 23 2008, 05:29 PM

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i take it this is the only good side effect of being fat... well apart from instant DA popularity

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QUOTE (Xgoff @ May 24 2008, 08:29 AM)

well apart from instant DA popularity

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