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A for­mer po­lice of­fi­cer, who was dis­missed for co­erc­ing a cou­ple to have sex in his pres­ence in pub­lic, has failed in his fi­nal ap­peal over be­ing de­nied a pen­sion and gra­tu­ity.

In a de­ci­sion ear­li­er this week, three Law Lords of the Unit­ed King­dom-based Privy Coun­cil de­nied Chad An­toine per­mis­sion to pur­sue a fi­nal ap­peal over a de­ci­sion by the lo­cal courts to re­ject his le­gal chal­lenge.

"Spe­cial leave is re­fused be­cause the ap­peal is de­void of mer­it," a no­tice on the Privy Coun­cil's web­site stat­ed.