Man with al-Qaida ties expected to plead guilty to terrorism, says lawyer
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A man with ties to al-Qaida is expected to plead guilty to terrorism charges in Montreal, their lawyer said, after uttering threats including building and detonating bombs.
A man with ties to al-Qaida who allegedly threatened to bomb public transit will likely plead guilty, his lawyer said Monday at the Montreal courthouse.
Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, 51, appeared in court by video conference from Montreal’s Rivière-des-Prairies detention centre, where he waived his right to a bail hearing.
Warsame was arrested June 5 and later charged with uttering threats after allegedly telling an employee at a Montreal homeless shelter he wanted to build bombs and detonate them on public transit.
His lawyer, Vincent Petit, asked Warsame on Monday to acknowledge that he is waiving a bail hearing.
“What that means is that you recognize that if we were to do the bail hearing right now with the guarantees that we could offer to the Crown today, a judge would come to the conclusion that your detention is necessary.”
Warsame said he understood, and Quebec court Judge Joëlle Roy ordered the accused detained.
Petit told Roy there is a “realistic probability” Warsame will plead guilty. And the defence lawyer invited his client to appear in person at the next scheduled court date, Oct. 1. Warsame refused, saying he preferred to appear from jail by video conference.
Last week, prosecutor Samuel Monfette-Tessier invoked a little-used provision on terrorism in the Criminal Code that could result in Warsame receiving a sentence of life in prison if he is found guilty.
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