(CBC) A 16-year-old boy accused alongside another teen of plotting to attack Jewish people in Ottawa last fall — possibly by detonating an explosive device at a pro-Israel rally on Parliament Hill — has been denied bail.
The decision came this week after a lengthy five-day hearing in Ottawa’s Superior Court.
Neither the evidence heard nor Justice Anne London-Weinstein’s reasons for denying bail can be published due to a routine publication ban.
A large group of stakeholders in the prosecution — including RCMP, Ottawa police and Public Prosecution Service of Canada employees — came to court to listen to London-Weinstein make her decision and give her reasons for nearly an hour.
The boy’s mother and father attended every day of the hearing but weren’t there in person for the decision.
