A suspected terrorist, rearrested for reasons unknown at the Brampton courthouse yesterday, took a hike from his trial, simply saying over his shoulder: “I’m outta here”.
Even with news reports saying that the 20-year-old Islamic convert had tried to walk out of the mostly empty courtroom, his lawyer was denying the accuracy of the event.
“It was not immediately clear why the young man was arrested during the court hearing. Neither his lawyer, Mitchell Chernovsky, nor a spokesman for the government would comment in great detail about the day’s event.” (thestar.com, May 7, 2008). “When asked about reports that the accused had fired him as his defence lawyer, Chernovsky said he was “unable to comment”.
