Closing Submission in the First Trial of Alleged Member of the “Toronto 18”

Crown lawyer John Neander argued in his closing submissions at the first trial of an alleged member of the “Toronto 18” that it would be an “insult to reason” to think the man didn’t know what the group was about. He told the Superior Court Justice John Sproat that there was “a sheer superabundance of evidence” that the leaders were planning terrorism and that all others involved knew. A key witness had testified in the trial that the male youth was naïve and that the leaders kept him in the dark about their murderous aims. While the accused, a convert to Islam, might have initially thought the 12-day camp in December 2006 was a Muslim religious retreat, “In the midst of the camp, it would have been apparent what was going on – it was a terrorist camp.”

Charges have been stayed or withdrawn against seven arrested. The accused, who has pleaded not guilty, is the first of the remaining 11 to stand trial.

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