An Island man who used to live in Cornwall but is now serving six years in a federal penitentiary for sex crimes against a minor will have to stay in prison as he waits for his case to proceed before the P.E.I. Court of Appeal. 

Blair Shane Somers, 57, was convicted after a five-day trial in June on charges of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching against a victim under the age of 16.  

A publication ban is in place to protect the identity of the victim, who the original trial jud…