RCMP tactics are on trial at an entrapment hearing in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.Questions are being raised about just how far police can go in these types of situations.
John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were found guilty in June 2015 of masterminding aplot to bomb the B.C. legislature in2013on Canada Day.
Their defence lawyers want the verdict set aside. They say RCMP tactics amount to entrapment.
They say Nuttall and Korody were too incompetent to plan a terrorist attack in their own.
The poverty-stricken pair of drug abuserswere struggling to accomplish basic tasks, court heard.
Then RCMP undercover agents offered them gifts and helped shape their plans, steering them away from more fancifulideas, such as plans to build short-range missiles.
RCMPCpl. StephenMathesontestified thathe believed JamesNuttalland AmandaKorodywere "capable of violence" at any time.
Matheson described how RCMP wereconstantly balancing the risk to the public and the couple's commitment to Jihad.
Questions were raised about gifts theRCMPgave to the couple, includingfood, cell phones, clothing and groceries.
Mathesonsays the gifts were given to build rapport, but dwindled because "he was coming back to talk to us anyway."
Healsosays he wasconcerned about providing any spiritual guidance on Islam toNuttallandKorody.
"It's just not our place asRCMP," he said in court.
In June 2015NuttallandKorodywere found guilty of plotting to explodehomemade pressure-cooker bombs at the B.C. legislature during 2013 Canada Day celebrations.
The couple described themselves asjihadistwarriors, waging a holy war against the Westfor it's treatment of Muslims.
The trial is set to run through theweek, then resume in October.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/john-nuttall-amanda-korody-too-incompetent-to-plan-terror-attack-defence-says-1.3171413?cmp=rss
John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were found guilty in June 2015 of masterminding aplot to bomb the B.C. legislature in2013on Canada Day.
Their defence lawyers want the verdict set aside. They say RCMP tactics amount to entrapment.
They say Nuttall and Korody were too incompetent to plan a terrorist attack in their own.
The poverty-stricken pair of drug abuserswere struggling to accomplish basic tasks, court heard.
Then RCMP undercover agents offered them gifts and helped shape their plans, steering them away from more fancifulideas, such as plans to build short-range missiles.
RCMPCpl. StephenMathesontestified thathe believed JamesNuttalland AmandaKorodywere "capable of violence" at any time.
Matheson described how RCMP wereconstantly balancing the risk to the public and the couple's commitment to Jihad.
Questions were raised about gifts theRCMPgave to the couple, includingfood, cell phones, clothing and groceries.
Mathesonsays the gifts were given to build rapport, but dwindled because "he was coming back to talk to us anyway."
Healsosays he wasconcerned about providing any spiritual guidance on Islam toNuttallandKorody.
"It's just not our place asRCMP," he said in court.
In June 2015NuttallandKorodywere found guilty of plotting to explodehomemade pressure-cooker bombs at the B.C. legislature during 2013 Canada Day celebrations.
The couple described themselves asjihadistwarriors, waging a holy war against the Westfor it's treatment of Muslims.
The trial is set to run through theweek, then resume in October.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/john-nuttall-amanda-korody-too-incompetent-to-plan-terror-attack-defence-says-1.3171413?cmp=rss