The Crown has filed an appeal against a Montreal woman found not guilty on terror-related charges.
A jury acquitted Sabrine Djermane last December of attempting to leave Canada to commit a terror act abroad; possession of an explosive substance; and committing an act under the direction or for the profit of a terrorist organization.
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Prosecutors are appealing the verdict on the explosive substance charge.
They say in a document filed at the Quebec Court of Appeal this week the trial judge committed an error instructing the jury on the “interpretation and definition of the term ‘explosive substance.”‘
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The Crown is asking the court to overturn the acquittal and order a new trial on the single charge.
Her co-accused, El Mahdi Jamali, was found guilty of the explosives-related charge but also found not guilty on the two other charges.