Informant loses bid to sue Canada over delay in handling refugee claim

OTTAWA — An Australian who fed information to police about outlaw bikers and later won refugee status in Canada has lost a bid to sue federal officials over delays in processing his asylum application.

The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear Stevan Utah’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that dismissed his action because a two-year limitation period had passed. 

Utah, an Australian citizen, witnessed a serious crime by members of the Bandidos gang in his homeland, leading to his role as a police informant.

After gang members got wind that Utah was giving information to police, he was brutally attacked.