(Global News) An Ontario couple caught in Turkey last year, where they were allegedly trying to join the so-called Islamic State, will go straight to trial without a preliminary hearing, federal officials said Monday.
Haleema Mustafa and Ikar Mao will be tried together in the Ontario Superior Court, where they are scheduled to appear on Nov. 13, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada told Global News.
“Both accused are now on the same indictment as the crown intends to have a single trial for both,” said Nathalie Houle, Prosecution Service spokesperson, after Mustafa made a brief court appearance.
She also said that on Oct. 14, 2020, the director of public prosecutions and the federal deputy attorney general had ordered a preferred indictment, which sends the case directly to trial.
