Via Rail Terror Plot

• Via Rail terror case: Supreme Court to decide whether to hear appeal

  It's the latest chapter in a long-running legal saga that began 12 years ago with charges against Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier for plotting attacks.

  Crime

  Aug 6
  
• Crown asks Supreme Court to review decision to overturn convictions in Via Rail terror plot

  Federal lawyers say the convictions were overturned on a "highly technical error" in the jury selection process that did not interfere with the fair-trial rights of either man.

  Nov 19, 2019
  
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• Men found guilty in Via Rail terror plot win new trial over improper jury selection

  An Ontario appeals court has thrown out the convictions of two men sentenced to life over an alleged al-Qaida-linked plot to attack a Toronto-bound passenger train.

  Crime

  Aug 27, 2019
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• 2 men found guilty in Via Rail terror plot asking for new trial, argue jury improperly selected

  The challenge is expected to be heard in a Toronto court on Tuesday.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2019
• Via Rail terror plotter to appeal life sentence after undergoing mental health treatment

  Chiheb Esseghaier is currently serving his time in a British Columbia prison, is taking antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia and says he wishes to appeal his life sentence.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2017
• Sentences to be handed down for suspects in Via Rail terror plot

  A Toronto judge is expected to deliver sentences today for two men found guilty of terrorism charges after being accused of plotting to derail a passenger train.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2015
• Judge says further mental assessment in Via terror case ‘complicated’ issue

  A Toronto judge said he needed more time to consider whether a further mental health assessment was necessary for a man found guilty in a terror plot to derail a passenger train.

  Jul 17, 2015
• Crown asks for fitness assessment of man convicted in Via Rail terror plot

  The Crown is asking for an assessment to determine whether a man convicted of plotting to derail a passenger train is fit to be sentenced.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2015
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• Man convicted of plotting to derail Via train removed from Toronto courtroom

  A man convicted of plotting to derail a passenger train was removed from court after he lay down in the prisoner dock to protest the "lies" of a psychiatrist who testified the man was schizophrenic.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2015
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• Sentencing hearing continues in Via Rail terror case in Toronto

  A sentencing hearing continues today for two men convicted of terrorism in a case involving a plot to derail a passenger train travelling between Canada and the U.S.

  Crime

  Jul 14, 2015