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Terrorisme: un ex-candidat à Canadian Idol plaide non coupable

Terrorisme: un ex-candidat à Canadian Idol plaide non coupable
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OTTAWA - Un médecin qui a déjà tenté sa chance en audition pour l'émission de télévision «Canadian Idol» a plaidé non coupable à une accusation de terrorisme déposée il y a plus de trois ans.

Khurram Syed Sher, un pathologiste de London, en Ontario, subira un procès devant juge seul en Cour supérieure de l'Ontario.

Sher, 31 ans, a été accusé en août 2010 de complot en vue de faciliter un acte terroriste.

Il a assisté aux procédures, lundi, en complet gris avec une cravate bleue, au début d'un procès qui pourrait durer un mois.

L'un de ses avocats, Giuseppe Cipriano, a avancé des questions préliminaires de droit sur la nature du complot en lien avec l'acte d'accusation.

En fait, la défense cherche à obtenir davantage d'information à propos de l'accusation, a dit Me Cipriano après l'audience.

«Nous voulons faire en sorte de savoir ce qu'ils allèguent que (notre client) a fait de mal», a-t-il expliqué.

Me Cipriano et l'avocat fédéral Jason Wakely n'ont pas voulu donner plus de détails sur la motion de la défense.

Le juge Charles Hackland devrait se prononcer sur la requête, mardi, avant les premières plaidoiries de la Couronne.

À la suite de son arrestation, qui avait fait grand bruit dans les médias, les policiers avaient dit avoir saisi de la littérature terroriste, des vidéos et manuels en plus de dizaines de circuits électroniques qui auraient pu servir de détonateurs à distance de bombes artisanales.

Selon les policiers, le complot en question avait des ramifications d'Ottawa à l'Afghanistan en passant par Dubaï, l'Iran et le Pakistan.

Un agent de la GRC avait affirmé à ce moment qu'une attaque ne risquait pas de survenir avant quelques mois, mais que les conspirateurs entraient dans une étape préparatoire.

Les autorités ont dit avoir agi au moment choisi pour prévenir le transfert d'argent à des contreparties pour acheter des armes qui aurait été utilisées contre les forces de la coalition en Afghanistan.

Khurram Syed Sher, un diplômé de l'Université McGill à Montréal, ayant vécu à Brossard, travaillait à l'hôpital général de St. Thomas Elgin à St. Thomas, au sud de London, en Ontario.

Il était en libération sous de strictes conditions depuis des années.

Une ordonnance de non publication sur certains aspects de l'affaire restreint ce qui peut être divulgué durant le procès.

En plus, le gouvernement fédéral a tenté de s'assurer que des portions de milliers de documents dans ce dossier ne soient jamais rendues publiques afin de protéger l'identité d'une source confidentielle de même que des relations sensibles avec des alliés à l'étranger.

Des documents déposés en Cour fédérale du Canada indiquent qu'un agent d'infiltration travaillant pour les services de renseignement du Canada et ceux des États-Unis et du Royaume-Uni a contribué à constituer le dossier fédéral.

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Alleged Canadian Terror Plot
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Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two suspects accused of plotting with al-Qaeda in Iran to derail a train in Canada, arrives at Buttonville Airport just north of Toronto, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Canadian investigators say Raed Jaser, 35, and his suspected accomplice Esseghaier, 30, received \"directions and guidance\" from members of al-Qaeda in Iran. In a brief court appearance in Montreal Tuesday, Esseghaier declined to be represented by a court-appointed lawyer. He made a brief statement in French in which he called the allegations against him unfair. (credit:AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
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John Norris, the attorney for accused Raed Jaser scrums with the media at Toronto\'s Old City Hall court house. (credit:Tara Walton/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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In this courtroom sketch, Chiheb Esseghaier appears in court in Montreal on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, were arrested and charged Monday in what the RCMP said was the first known al-Qaeda terror plot in Canada. (credit:AP Photo/The Canadian Press, MHP)
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Family members of Raed Jaser leave court in Toronto on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Jaser, a man accused with another man of plotting to derail a train in Canada with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran made a brief court appearance and was told to appear in court again next month. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn)
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Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two suspects accused of plotting with al-Qaida in Iran to derail a train in Canada, arrives at Buttonville Airport just north of Toronto, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Canadian investigators say Raed Jaser, 35, and his suspected accomplice Esseghaier, 30, received \"directions and guidance\" from members of al-Qaida in Iran. In a brief court appearance in Montreal Tuesday, Esseghaier declined to be represented by a court-appointed lawyer. He made a brief statement in French in which he called the allegations against him unfair. (credit:AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
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Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two men accused of plotting a terror attack on rail target, is led off a plane by an Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer at Buttonville Airport just north of Toronto on Tuesday April 23, 2013. Canadian investigators say Raed Jaser, 35, and his suspected accomplice Esseghaier, 30, received \"directions and guidance\" from members of al-Qaeda in Iran. In a brief court appearance in Montreal Tuesday, Esseghaier declined to be represented by a court-appointed lawyer. He made a brief statement in French in which he called the allegations against him unfair. (credit:AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
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Chiheb Esseghaier is taken off an airplane at Buttonville Airport in Markham, Ont. on Monday April 22, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/CTV News - Ted Brooks)
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John Norris, the lawyer for Raed Jaser, one of the two men accused of plotting a terror attack on a Canadian rail target, leaves court in Toronto on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Jaser, 35, was charged in Toronto Tuesday in an alleged al-Qaeda supported terror plot to attack a Via passenger train. His suspected accomplice Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, was charged in Montreal. (credit:AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
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Mohammed Jaser, father of Raed Jaser, leaves court in Toronto on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Raed Jaser is accused with another man of plotting to derail a train in Canada with support from al-Qaeda elements in Iran. Raed Jaser had a brief court appearance and was told to appear in court again next month. (credit:Frank Gunn/CP)
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Security officials check a man at a courthouse in Montreal on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Reed Jaser, one of two men accused of plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran, made a brief court appearance Tuesday but did not enter a plea. Canadian investigators say Jaser, 35, and his suspected accomplice Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, received directions and guidance from members of al-Qaida. The case prompted an immediate response from Iran, which denied any involvement and said groups such as al-Qaida do not share Irans ideology. (credit:AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)
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Security officials check a man at a courthouse in Montreal on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Reed Jaser, one of two men accused of plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaeda elements in Iran, made a brief court appearance Tuesday but did not enter a plea. Canadian investigators say Jaser, 35, and his suspected accomplice Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, received directions and guidance from members of al-Qaeda . The case prompted an immediate response from Iran, which denied any involvement and said groups such as al-Qaeda do not share Iran\'s ideology. (credit:AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)
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An RCMP officer shakes hands to what appears to be pilots after a transfer of a terror suspect at Buttonville Airport, April 22, 2013. (credit:(Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images))
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer pats a colleague on the back before a press conference in Toronto as the RCMP announce the arrest of two men accused of plotting a terror attack on rail target on Monday April 22, 2013. (credit:(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young))
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RCMP officers stand outside the Toronto home of one of the two men accused of plotting a terror attack on a rail target, on Monday April 22, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young)
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Officers from various law enforcement agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Peel Regional Police, and Surete du Quebec gather at a press conference in Toronto, Monday, April 22, 2013 as the RCMP announce the arrest of two men accused of plotting a terror attack on rail target on Monday April 22, 2013. (credit:(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young))
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Officers from various law enforcement agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Peel Regional Police, and Surete du Quebec gather at a news conference in Toronto on Monday, April 22, 2013, as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announce the arrest of two men accused of plotting a terror attack on a rail target. (credit:(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young))
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Laporte walks with Mohammad Shaied Sheikh of the Masjid el Noor Mosque before attending a news conference in Toronto, Monday, April 22, 2013, as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announce the arrest of two men accused of plotting a terror attack on rail target. (credit: (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young))
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Representatives of Toronto\'s Islamic community attend a news conference in Toronto as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announce the arrest of two men accused of plotting a terror attack on rail target, in Toronto, Monday April 22, 2013. (credit:(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young))

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