Testing times for Canadian tolerance
Testing times for Canadian tolerance
By Daniel Lak
BBC News, Toronto
No bombs exploded. No buildings or people were attacked. But what Canadian police say was a timely operation to stop a terror campaign inspired by al-Qaeda could change how this country sees itself.
Twelve men and five youths have been charged with offences related to [...]
LAWYERS ABANDON PETITION
LAWYERS ABANDON PETITION
Restrictions on suspects suspended
Louie Rosella
Staff
Officials at Milton’s Maplehurst Detention Centre are lifting some restrictions on the men charged in connection with the alleged Meadowvale-based terrorist cell following complaints from their lawyers, well placed sources say.
Gary Batasar and Michael Moon, lawyers for Steven Chand, 25, of Toronto were [...]
Yemeni man tells court there is a plot to get him
October 3, 2001
Yemeni man tells court there is a plotto get him
Nageeb Al- Hadi, detained September 11, begs to tell his whole story
Donovan Vincent
Staff reporter
The Toronto Star
A Yemeni man detained in Toronto on the same day as the World Trade Centre attacks said in court that there’s a plot to get him.
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Day In Court
October 4, 2001
Day In Court
Pulse.com
Nageeb Abdul Jabar Mohamed Al- Hadi finally has a lawyer. And now the man who’s been detained since the September 11th terrorist attacks forced his Lufthansa flight to be diverted to Pearson airport, is looking for answers. And so are investigators.
Al- Hadi was discovered carrying three different [...]
The Price of safety can be cruel
Friday, October 5, 2001
The Price of safety can be cruel
Heather Bird
The Toronto Sun
It’s possible, one supposes, but quite unlikely, that Nageeb Al- Hadi was simply getting an early jump on Halloween preparations.
That would, at least, be one innocent explanation as to why two Lufthansa uniforms were found in the Yemeni man’s [...]
Yemeni Suspect held in custody in “DEPLORABLE” way, lawyer says
October 5, 2001
Yemeni Suspect held in custody in “DEPLORABLE” way, lawyer says
Not allowed phone calls
Tom Blackwell
National Post
A Yemeni man wanted by the U.S. terrorism investigation is one of several inmates with Arabic names being held under extraordinary security at the Toronto jail, the man’s lawyer said yesterday.
Gary Batasar told [...]
War against Terrorism
Friday, October 5, 2001
War against Terrorism
Man treated poorly: Lawyer
Donovan Vincent
Staff Reporter
Toronto Star
A lawyer representing a Yemeni man detained in Toronto the same day as the horrific attacks in the United States has complained in court about his client’s treatment in custody.
“I take umbrage with the way he’s been treated,” Nageeb al- Hadi’s [...]
War on Terrorism: 21 men who deserve the rule of law.
October 26, 2001
War on Terrorism
21 men who deserve the rule of law
Christie Blatchford
Regardless of official protestations that no one has been arrested in relation to Sept. 11, mysterious men were popping up in prison jumpsuits in court proceedings across the country. Note to Muslims from the Middle East: Now is not a good [...]
Yemeni unfairly jailed: Lawyer
October 26, 2001
Yemeni unfairly jailed: Lawyer
Sam Pazzano
A lawyer says his Yemeni client and at least 20 other immigration prisoners were picked up unfairly in a “wide sweep” in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Nageed Abdul Jabar Mohamen al- Hadi, 35, was detained at Pearson airport when his Chicago- bound [...]
Detained man has ill daughter in Detroit
November 8, 2001
Detained man has ill daughter in Detroit
Donovon Vincent
Staff reporter
Toronto Star
A Yemeni man in jail hre, who was detained after his Chicago- bound flight landed at Peearson airport on September 11, was headed to Detroit to be with his sick daughter, the girl’s doctor says.
Dr. Achiau Ludomirsky wrote in a [...]
Yemeni man arrested September 11 treated deplorably in jail, lawyer tells court.
Yemeni man arrested September 11 treated deplorably in jail, lawyer tells court.
James McCarten
TORONTO (CP)- The case of a Yemeni national who was alledgedly travelling with phoney passports on the day of the U.S. terrorist attacks remained murky Thursday despite his lawyer’s first court appearance.
Nageeb Abdul Jabar Mohamed Al- Hadi, clad in handcuffs, [...]
SEPT. 11 DETAINEES GETTING BAIL, BETTER JAIL CONDITIONS
SEPT. 11 DETAINEES GETTING BAIL, BETTER JAIL CONDITIONS
Donovan Vincent
Staff reporter
Conditions appear to be getting better for the men of Muslim and Middle Eastern background detained in Toronto since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, say their lawyers.
Although officials still refuse to say how many people have been detained, lawyers representing some of the [...]
Formal U.S. request for Al- Hadi extradition contains no link to September 11
November 20, 2001
Formal U.S. request for Al- Hadi extradition contains no link to September 11
James McCarten
Sympatico NewsExpress: National- Full Story
TORONTO (CP)- the U.S. Department of Justice has formally asked Canada to extradite a Yemeni man languishing in a tiny jail cell in Toronto since the day terrorists attacked New York and Washington.
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Extradition request filed for Yemeni man
November 20, 2001
Extradition request filed for Yemeni man
Toronto Star
The United States has files a formal extradition request for a Yemeni man in custody in Toronto, but the documents don’t mention any charges relating to September 11, the day he was detained, his lawyers say.
The U.S. government sent the documents to Canadian [...]
U.S. seeks extradition for T.O. prisoner
November 20, 2001
U.S. seeks extradition for T.O. prisoner
Sam Pazzano
Courts Bureau
Toronto Sun
The U.S. justice department has formally asked Canada to extradite a Yemeni man languishing in a Toronto jail cell since the terrorist attacks on the United States.
American authorities apparently plan to prosecute Nageeb Al- Hadi- whose luggage contained several passports [...]
AL- HADI DETERIORATING IN JAIL, LAWYER SAYS
November 22, 2001
AL- HADI DETERIORATING IN JAIL, LAWYER SAYS
Terror suspect arrested at Pearson Airport Sept. 11
From Canadian Press
Deliberate foot- dragging by American authorities has left a Yemeni national who was jailed in Toronto the day of the U.S. terror attacks a “withered and broken man,‚” his lawyer says.
Nageeb Abdul Jabar [...]
Yemeni detainee to fight passport charges
November 23, 2001
Yemeni detainee to fight passport charges
Sam Pazzano
Courts Bureau
The Toronto Sun
A Yemeni man will go to trial December 19 to fight extradition charges to the U.S. after two Lufthansa airlines crew uniforms and false passports were found in his luggage on a flight to Chicago.
Lawyer Gary Batasar, who represents Nageed [...]
DRIVERS NOT GUILTY OF STREET RACING
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DRIVERS NOT GUILTY OF STREET RACING
Louie Rosella
Staff
The Mississauga News
Two Mississauga drivers charges with street racing causing an expectant mother to lose her unborn child have been acquitted of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. Alexandru Bejinariu, 20, left Superior Court Friday with his family after Justice Hugh Atwood found him [...]
Teen often raced cars, crown says
Teen often raced cars, crown says
Accused granted bail in collision that injured three
Bob Mitchell
Peel/ Halton Bureau Chief
A Mississauga teenager, charged after three people were injured and a woman’s 6- month- old fetus was killed in a street race, regularly races his father’s car, the crown has told a court.
Alexandru Bejinariu, 18, [...]
Man guilty of making child porn at home
Monday, April 9, 2001
Man guilty of making child porn at home
Bob Mitchell
Peel/ Halton Bureau Chief
A Brampton man has been convicted of making child pornography, but the case against him has turned out to be anything but the sensational one Peel Region police said it was.
Police described John Brian Wyton, 52, as [...]
Man who made porn jailed
Friday, May 4, 2001
Man who made porn jailed
A Brampton man has been sentenced to 36 months in prison after being convicted of several offences, including the making of child pornography.
John Brian Wyton, 51, has also been ordered to submit a DNA sample to the Canadian data bank and is prohibited from possessing [...]
SENTENCING TUESDAY IN CHILD PORN CASE
SENTENCING TUESDAY IN CHILD PORN CASE
Defence asks for sentence of “time served”; Crown wants 6
Pam Douglas
Staff writer
A Brampton man who pleaded guilty to child pornography and assault charges should be sentenced to “time served,” his lawyer has told a judge.
In sharp contrast, the Crown counsel is asking for a six year sentence [...]
WYTON GETS 36 MONTHS FOR CHILD PORN, ASSAULT
WYTON GETS 36 MONTHS FOR CHILD PORN, ASSAULT
Pam Douglas
Staff writer
A Brampton man was sentenced to 36 months in jail after pleading guilty to child pornography and assault charges.
John Brian Wyton, 51, of McMurchy Ave. was sentenced yesterday. Justice Bruce Duncan recommended he serve his time at the Ontario Institute of Corrections [...]
POLICE MUST WADE THROUGH 600 PORN TAPES
April 2001
POLICE MUST WADE THROUGH 600 PORN TAPES
Some victims believed to be as young as 10
Bob Mitchell
Peel/ Halton Bureau Chief
A group of Peel Region police officers will spend the next several months looking at movies, some homemade, some Hollywood blockbusters.
They won‚’t enjoy a single frame.
Their gut-wrenching task will be [...]