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Guilty plea in Air India case
Last Updated Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:15:15
VANCOUVER - The trial of three men in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people has taken a dramatic turn. Inderjit Singh Reyat pleaded guilty on Monday afternoon.
Appearing in B.C. Supreme Court, Reyat entered the guilty plea to 329 charges of manslaughter and one charge of aiding in the construction of a bomb.
He was later sentenced to an additional five years in prison.
The plea raises speculation he might testify against two other men charged in the case.
Reyat was charged along with Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri with conspiracy and murder in the bombing of Air India Flight 182. The plane exploded off the coast of Ireland in June 1985 en route from Montreal to New Delhi.
Each was charged with 329 counts of murder and conspiracy to murder.
Reyat, a Sikh with Canadian and British citizenship, served 10 years in jail for making a bomb that exploded the same day in Tokyo‘s Narita airport, killing two baggage handlers.
Malik and Bagri have been in jail since October 2000. Malik is a millionaire businessman from Vancouver. Bagri is a Sikh cleric from Kamloops, B.C.
The trial was expected to be one of the longest and most expensive in Canadian history, possibly taking three years.
Reyat‘s plea is expected to shorten that time considerably.
Written by CBC News Online staff
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Long before the World Trade Centre and 9/11, there was the worst air travel disaster in Canadian history. It‘s good to see that the families of the victims of Air India Flight 182 are finally getting the justice and emotional closure that they deserve. Eighteen years have since passed since this tragedy. Let us only hope that our current countermeasures such as JTF-2 can prevent any future tragedies such the Air India bombing from ever occuring.
Indepth: The Bombing of Air India Flight 182
-the patriot-
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Guilty plea in Air India case
Last Updated Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:15:15
VANCOUVER - The trial of three men in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people has taken a dramatic turn. Inderjit Singh Reyat pleaded guilty on Monday afternoon.
Appearing in B.C. Supreme Court, Reyat entered the guilty plea to 329 charges of manslaughter and one charge of aiding in the construction of a bomb.
He was later sentenced to an additional five years in prison.
The plea raises speculation he might testify against two other men charged in the case.
Reyat was charged along with Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri with conspiracy and murder in the bombing of Air India Flight 182. The plane exploded off the coast of Ireland in June 1985 en route from Montreal to New Delhi.
Each was charged with 329 counts of murder and conspiracy to murder.
Reyat, a Sikh with Canadian and British citizenship, served 10 years in jail for making a bomb that exploded the same day in Tokyo‘s Narita airport, killing two baggage handlers.
Malik and Bagri have been in jail since October 2000. Malik is a millionaire businessman from Vancouver. Bagri is a Sikh cleric from Kamloops, B.C.
The trial was expected to be one of the longest and most expensive in Canadian history, possibly taking three years.
Reyat‘s plea is expected to shorten that time considerably.
Written by CBC News Online staff
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Long before the World Trade Centre and 9/11, there was the worst air travel disaster in Canadian history. It‘s good to see that the families of the victims of Air India Flight 182 are finally getting the justice and emotional closure that they deserve. Eighteen years have since passed since this tragedy. Let us only hope that our current countermeasures such as JTF-2 can prevent any future tragedies such the Air India bombing from ever occuring.
Indepth: The Bombing of Air India Flight 182
-the patriot-
