(Global News) An Ontario man was handed a four-year sentence on Wednesday after admitting he travelled to Turkey in 2019 with the intention of crossing into Syria to join ISIS.
But Ikar Mao was to be released based on the 18 months he has already served in custody, after the court gave him credit for the time he was detained in Turkey and the “harsh” conditions he faced awaiting trial in Ontario.
The 23-year-old, who left Canada with his wife in June 2019, was also given 12 months of probation, must take counselling and is banned from possessing weapons.
“I don’t think that the public has anything at all to fear from Mr. Mao,” his lawyer Nader Hasan said following the sentencing in the Superior Court of Justice in Brampton, Ont.
