Close X
Thursday, December 12, 2024
ADVT 
National

RCMP inspector says he didn't know details of terrorism case in B.C.

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Oct, 2015 10:51 AM
    VANCOUVER — An RCMP officer who oversaw an undercover terrorism investigation in British Columbia says he didn't know all the details about the case.
     
    John Nuttall and his wife Amanda Korody were found guilty in June of planning to set off homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the B.C. legislature grounds on Canada Day in 2013, but lawyers are now arguing they were entrapped by police.
     
    B.C. Supreme Court heard Monday that undercover officers had been working with the pair for months when Insp. Stephen Corcoran was put in charge of monitoring the command team in May 2013.
     
    Corcoran says he was told about many aspects of the case, including that Nuttall's plans — which included launching rockets at the legislature building — were grandiose and had very little action behind them.
     
    But the inspector testified he wasn't told that Nuttall, a recent convert to Islam, had asked an undercover officer posing as a jihadist extremist to provide him with spiritual guidance.
     
    Corcoran says he doesn't recall having any conversations with undercover officers about how the investigation would end.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Foul Play Now Suspected In Death Of Man On Salt Spring Island, B.C.

    Foul Play Now Suspected In Death Of Man On Salt Spring Island, B.C.
    The body of 45-year-old Joseph Bernie was found on Oct. 10 in Fulford Creek.

    Foul Play Now Suspected In Death Of Man On Salt Spring Island, B.C.

    Toronto Transit May Sue Bombardier Over New Streetcar Delays

    Toronto Transit May Sue Bombardier Over New Streetcar Delays
    Bombardier Transportation advised the commission that it won't meet a commitment made in July to deliver 23 new streetcars by year-end, including 20 available for service.

    Toronto Transit May Sue Bombardier Over New Streetcar Delays

    Party Leaders Get Into Position For Sprint To The Electoral Finish

    Party Leaders Get Into Position For Sprint To The Electoral Finish
    Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau trumpeted his plan for retirement security as a way to highlight his campaign theme of help for the middle class.

    Party Leaders Get Into Position For Sprint To The Electoral Finish

    University Of Saskatchewan's College Of Medicine No Longer Under Probation

    University Of Saskatchewan's College Of Medicine No Longer Under Probation
    "This is fabulous news," Dr. Preston Smith, dean of the College of Medicine, said Friday in an interview. "We are very, very pleased."

    University Of Saskatchewan's College Of Medicine No Longer Under Probation

    Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre Gives Ottawa One Week To Settle Sewage Dump

    Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre Gives Ottawa One Week To Settle Sewage Dump
    In a letter sent to Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq today, Coderre is challenging the interpretation of federal laws the government invoked to suspend the sewage dump that was set to begin this weekend.

    Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre Gives Ottawa One Week To Settle Sewage Dump

    House Fire Claims Life Of 74-Year-Old Woman In Chilliwack, B.C.

    House Fire Claims Life Of 74-Year-Old Woman In Chilliwack, B.C.
    Firefighters found a woman suffering from life-threatening injuries in the residence but she died in hospital.

    House Fire Claims Life Of 74-Year-Old Woman In Chilliwack, B.C.