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Thank you, have a wonderful time and a very Happy birthday to your sister!Hello all!
I will be going on vacation starting Sunday Feb. 11th - and will try & keep up with all the cases I am following!
I might post some ahead of time - since I have plans in Sweden - my sister's 75th birthday celebration!
So bare with me!
So - posting this one early.
Monday, February 12th:
*Case Management Hearing (@ am PT) – British Columbia, Canada – M. S. (13) (last seen alive on July 18, 2017 at a local Tim Hortons, Burney B.C. & her body was found 5 hours later on July 19, 2017 in Burnaby’s Central Park, Vancouver) - *Ibrahim Ali (27 @ time of crime/28/now 33) arrested & charged (9/7/18) & indicted (11/25/19) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bail.
Police used a new & somewhat controversial “DNA dragnet” technique, after collecting DNA at the crime scene that indicated a suspect of Middle Eastern descent. (He is a Syrian refugee who entered Canada 3 months before murder).
Trial began on 3/17/23 with jury selection & ended on 3/23/23.
Trial began on 4/5/23 & continued on 4/11/23. Crown rested their case on 11/17/23. Defense began on 11/20/23 & rested their case.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lance Bernard presiding. Crown prosecutor Isobel Keeley & Daniel Porte & defense attorney Ben Lynskey & Kevin McCullough.
Jury deliberations Day 1 (12/7/23): probably ~1 hour. Day 2 (12/8/23): a few hours (~3 hours). Total deliberations: ~4 hours.
Verdict: Guilty of 1st degree murder.
Case & court info from 1/29/19 thru Trial Days 1-103 (4/28 thru 12/8/23) & Verdict Watch Day 1 (12/7/23) & thru 1/15/24 reference post #306 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...irl-13-burnaby-bc-18-july-2017.673539/page-16
1/26/24 Update: Justice Lance Bernard ruled that Ali, who was convicted last month of murdering a young teen girl, should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial & will be returned to the North Fraser pretrial detention centre where he was held before his trial. Bernard says Ali will remain at the centre until his sentencing, which is an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. Ali appeared by video from the hospital on Friday, 1/26/24 with a different haircut, his hair shaved along the side of his head, and he seemed in good spirits, smiling & laughing occasionally.
1/30/24 Update: Ali has applied to have the charges against him stayed. In an unrelated decision in the case, posted online Monday, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes indicated that Ali has filed what is referred to as a "Jordan application." This kind of application argues that the right to be tried in a reasonable time, guaranteed under the Charter of Rights & Freedoms, was violated. If the application is successful, Ali will not be sentenced & will not face further prosecution. According to the BC Prosecution Service, no date has been set for the court to consider this application.
2/9/24 Update: Hearing held. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lance Bernard ruled, rejecting an application by the convicted killer's lawyers who said they feared for their safety. Ali's trial lawyers, Kevin McCullough & Ben Lynskey, have been refusing to attend post-trial hearings, citing safety concerns over an allegation the girl's father brought a loaded gun to the Vancouver courtroom on the day of the verdict. But Justice Lance Bernard denied their application on Friday. The father hasn't been charged in the alleged gun incident, although Bernard said he is aware of “an outstanding police investigation” into the matter. The judge said the man was arrested & released with orders not to attend court in person, not to contact Ali or his lawyers, and not to possess any firearms. Those conditions - along with the move to a secure courtroom equipped with bulletproof glass - strike the right balance between safety & the father's interest in following the proceedings, Bernard said in his reasons for the ruling. Ali appeared by video on Friday. He has yet to be sentenced in the case, but he faces a mandatory life term with no chance of parole for 25 years. The judge also tried to set a date to hear arguments over a so-called “Jordan application” by Ali's lawyers, seeking a stay of proceedings on the basis of unreasonable delays in the case. If granted, Ali would go free without sentencing. Bernard said he had been “determined” to deal with the application in March. But the court heard that a transcription company estimated it would take 12 to 14 weeks to provide documentation that defence & Crown lawyers said they need. The judge adjourned the proceedings until Monday, 2/12/24, asking the lawyers to return with “some answers” in relation to the request for transcripts & the timeline. The "Jordan" framework sets a presumptive acceptable period of delay between charge & conclusion of trial is 18 months for provincial court trials & 30 months for superior court trial. The period is calculated from the time of charging until the actual or anticipated end of trial, minus defence delays.
Hello all!
I will be going on vacation starting Sunday Feb. 11th - and will try & keep up with all the cases I am following!
I might post some ahead of time - since I have plans in Sweden - my sister's 75th birthday celebration!
So bare with me!
So - posting this one early.
Monday, February 12th:
*Case Management Hearing (@ am PT) – British Columbia, Canada – M. S. (13) (last seen alive on July 18, 2017 at a local Tim Hortons, Burney B.C. & her body was found 5 hours later on July 19, 2017 in Burnaby’s Central Park, Vancouver) - *Ibrahim Ali (27 @ time of crime/28/now 33) arrested & charged (9/7/18) & indicted (11/25/19) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bail.
Police used a new & somewhat controversial “DNA dragnet” technique, after collecting DNA at the crime scene that indicated a suspect of Middle Eastern descent. (He is a Syrian refugee who entered Canada 3 months before murder).
Trial began on 3/17/23 with jury selection & ended on 3/23/23.
Trial began on 4/5/23 & continued on 4/11/23. Crown rested their case on 11/17/23. Defense began on 11/20/23 & rested their case.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lance Bernard presiding. Crown prosecutor Isobel Keeley & Daniel Porte & defense attorney Ben Lynskey & Kevin McCullough.
Jury deliberations Day 1 (12/7/23): probably ~1 hour. Day 2 (12/8/23): a few hours (~3 hours). Total deliberations: ~4 hours.
Verdict: Guilty of 1st degree murder.
Case & court info from 1/29/19 thru Trial Days 1-103 (4/28 thru 12/8/23) & Verdict Watch Day 1 (12/7/23) & thru 1/15/24 reference post #306 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...irl-13-burnaby-bc-18-july-2017.673539/page-16
1/26/24 Update: Justice Lance Bernard ruled that Ali, who was convicted last month of murdering a young teen girl, should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial & will be returned to the North Fraser pretrial detention centre where he was held before his trial. Bernard says Ali will remain at the centre until his sentencing, which is an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. Ali appeared by video from the hospital on Friday, 1/26/24 with a different haircut, his hair shaved along the side of his head, and he seemed in good spirits, smiling & laughing occasionally.
1/30/24 Update: Ali has applied to have the charges against him stayed. In an unrelated decision in the case, posted online Monday, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes indicated that Ali has filed what is referred to as a "Jordan application." This kind of application argues that the right to be tried in a reasonable time, guaranteed under the Charter of Rights & Freedoms, was violated. If the application is successful, Ali will not be sentenced & will not face further prosecution. According to the BC Prosecution Service, no date has been set for the court to consider this application.
2/9/24 Update: Hearing held. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lance Bernard ruled, rejecting an application by the convicted killer's lawyers who said they feared for their safety. Ali's trial lawyers, Kevin McCullough & Ben Lynskey, have been refusing to attend post-trial hearings, citing safety concerns over an allegation the girl's father brought a loaded gun to the Vancouver courtroom on the day of the verdict. But Justice Lance Bernard denied their application on Friday. The father hasn't been charged in the alleged gun incident, although Bernard said he is aware of “an outstanding police investigation” into the matter. The judge said the man was arrested & released with orders not to attend court in person, not to contact Ali or his lawyers, and not to possess any firearms. Those conditions - along with the move to a secure courtroom equipped with bulletproof glass - strike the right balance between safety & the father's interest in following the proceedings, Bernard said in his reasons for the ruling. Ali appeared by video on Friday. He has yet to be sentenced in the case, but he faces a mandatory life term with no chance of parole for 25 years. The judge also tried to set a date to hear arguments over a so-called “Jordan application” by Ali's lawyers, seeking a stay of proceedings on the basis of unreasonable delays in the case. If granted, Ali would go free without sentencing. Bernard said he had been “determined” to deal with the application in March. But the court heard that a transcription company estimated it would take 12 to 14 weeks to provide documentation that defence & Crown lawyers said they need. The judge adjourned the proceedings until Monday, 2/12/24, asking the lawyers to return with “some answers” in relation to the request for transcripts & the timeline. The "Jordan" framework sets a presumptive acceptable period of delay between charge & conclusion of trial is 18 months for provincial court trials & 30 months for superior court trial. The period is calculated from the time of charging until the actual or anticipated end of trial, minus defence delays.
www.timescolonist.com
No new articles and nothing on the court schedule either. So I guess we just wait.
