(Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada says two men convicted of terrorism offences received a fair trial even though the judge made an error in assembling the jury.
The top court explained its reasoning Friday for ruling last October there would be no new trial for Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier.
Jaser and Esseghaier were found guilty in 2015 of terror-related charges arising mainly from an al-Qaida-inspired plot against a Via Rail passenger train travelling between the United States and Canada.
They appealed their convictions, with counsel for Jaser and a court-appointed lawyer for Esseghaier arguing the jury at the trial was improperly constituted.
In August 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered a fresh trial for the men on grounds the jury was indeed chosen incorrectly.
