An Ontario Superior Court judge has found a youth guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and facilitating terrorist activity related to an alleged 2023 plan to kill Jewish people in Ottawa.
A judge has found a youth guilty of two terrorism-related charges stemming from an alleged 2023 plan to kill Jewish people in Ottawa.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Kerry McVey found the young person guilty of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group. The judge also found the youth guilty of facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm.
Justice McVey found the youth not guilty of a third charge: facilitating terrorist activity by making instructional material and propaganda available. The youth, who cannot legally be identified due to his age, had pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
The trial began in April, one day after the youth's co-accused was found guilty on four charges. The co-accused is also a young person who cannot legally be identified.
According to the ruling, Justice McVey concluded that the youth found guilty conspired with his co-accused and another individual who was not charged. The conspiracy involved a plan to kill innocent people.
The verdict concludes the trial for one of the young persons charged in connection with the alleged 2023 plot. The case involved charges of conspiracy to commit murder and facilitating terrorist activity, with the court distinguishing between the acquisition of firearms and the distribution of propaganda in its findings.
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