B.C. judge adjourns peace bond hearing in terror case until after October appeal
VANCOUVER — A provincial court judge in British Columbia has delayed a hearing over a peace bond for two people awaiting an appeal on terror charges.
Judge Reg Harris granted the adjournment Wednesday after defence lawyers representing John Nuttall and Amanda Korody argued that the hearing would be a waste of legal resources since the couple is already bound to bail conditions while the Crown’s appeal goes ahead later this year.
Nuttall’s lawyer Marilyn Sandford told the court that a peace bond hearing would result in a “month-long extravaganza” of legal proceedings because any evidence brought forward by the Crown would require explanations including reviewing hours of video footage that was already presented in the terror trial.
A jury found Nuttall and Korody guilty of terror allegations in 2015.