The couple who planted pressure cooker bombs on the lawn of the B.C. Legislature on Canada Day 2013 is free to go, after the BC Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that stayed proceedings against them and said police had 香蕉视频直播減ushed香蕉视频直播� the pair to commit the crime.
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The decision upheld part of a 2016 ruling from B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce that stayed proceedings against Nuttall and Korody, after they accused the RCMP of entrapment. Crown counsel appealed the stay earlier this year.
Nuttall and Korody, who lived in Surrey, first came to the authorities香蕉视频直播� attention on suspicions of terrorism in 2012. Nuttall had a long unrelated rap sheet of assault, kidnapping and robbery convictions. He also had a drug dependency and mental health issues.
The two had recently converted to Islam, and Nuttall was known in the community for 香蕉视频直播渆spousing violent jihadist views.香蕉视频直播�
In early 2013, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service told police Nuttall was a threat to national security and that he had tried to buy materials to make explosives, although investigators were unable to corroborate the claim.
RCMP began an undercover sting to determine if Nuttall and Korody were a threat. Numerous officers played the part of agents in a terrorist investigation.
As soon as Nuttall expressed interest in jihad after seeing a Qur香蕉视频直播檃n in the back seat of an officer香蕉视频直播檚 car, police began exploring terror plots with the couple to see whether they would pursue one on their own.
Eventually, the police, Nuttall and Korody settled on pressure cooker bombs targeting the B.C. Legislature on Canada Day 2013.
With help from RCMP officers, the couple prepared the bombs and dropped them off on the lawn of the legislature. Police provided the explosive C-4, as well as fake detonators.
The bombs did not go off and Nuttall and Korody were arrested shortly after and were eventually convicted of conspiracy, possessing an explosive substance, and placing an explosive in a public place on behalf of a terror group in 2015.
In her ruling Wednesday, Bennett agreed with Bruce香蕉视频直播檚 decision that the RCMP香蕉视频直播檚 conduct was an 香蕉视频直播渁buse of process.香蕉视频直播�
Bennett said police frequently infiltrate terrorist groups as part of their investigations, but they cannot do whatever they want to investigate a crime.
The RCMP eventually knew the couple had little to no ability to commit an act of terror, she said, and only carried out the bomb plot after police 香蕉视频直播減ushed and pushed and pushed香蕉视频直播� them.
Bennett did not agree with two parts of the lower court ruling. She said police did have 香蕉视频直播渞easonable suspicion香蕉视频直播� to investigate given Nuttall香蕉视频直播檚 extremist views and past criminal history, and that an average person would not have done what Nuttall and Korody did, as police gave them 36 opportunities to back out.
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Korody香蕉视频直播檚 lawyer, Scott Wright, said the couple were 香蕉视频直播渧ery relieved香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播渉oping to move on with life as much as possible.香蕉视频直播�
Their next court date is scheduled for Jan. 7 for a Crown-requested peace bond.
Crown counsel said it would be 香蕉视频直播渞eviewing the decision.香蕉视频直播� They declined to comment further but has 60 days to appeal.
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