Accused terror plotter denied bail
CanWest News Service via National Post ^ | 2006-09-26
canada.com
BRAMPTON, Ont. - The oldest of 18 Toronto-area men accused in a terrorism plot was denied bail Monday.
Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, faces three counts under the Anti-terrorism Act: participating in a terrorist group, training for terrorism and intent to cause an explosion.
Wearing a tan pullover and pants, he appeared gaunt and peered at justice of the peace Maurice Hudson while he read his decision.
The 18 men, including four young offenders, are accused of planning to blow up truck bombs in downtown Toronto and behead hostages on Parliament Hill and of holding a terrorist training camp near Orillia, Ont., last December.
A publication ban prevents the media from reporting on evidence presented in court.
Jamal's wife, Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, sat in the final row of courtroom seats and rested her head in one hand. The couple live in Mississauga, Ont., and have four children. She brought the youngest two to court.
In an online interview, she said the family knew they were being investigated before her husband's arrest in June. "We knew they were asking our friends and their parents about us, even telling them that Abdul Qayyum was recruiting teens for jihad, but everyone knew this was untrue," she writes. |
