The judge also found Ali was acting alone and thus not for the benefit of a terrorist group. Ali was therefore cleared on the terror element of the charges and found not criminally responsible on lesser included offences. Crown attorneys argue in appeal documents that the trial judge misinterpreted the law in a way that would make it harder to stop and prosecute so-called lone wolf terrorists. A lone wolf who has taken action could only be convicted on lesser included charges, without the terror component, they add. “The trial judge’s approach would erase the distinction between lone wolf terrorists and ordinary criminals,” Crown attorneys say in the documents.

Source: thestar June 24, 2019 19:30 UTC