Three plead guilty on terrorism-related charges after planning to join ISIL
OTTAWA — Three Ottawa men who debated committing a domestic terrorist attack, but instead decided to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, pleaded guilty on Friday to terrorism-related offences in Ontario Superior Court.
The group, including 25-year-old twins — Ashton and Carlos Larmond —were arrested in 2015 as part of an RCMP investigation called “Project Slipstream.” Their co-conspirator is 23-year-old Suliman Mohamed.
On Friday, Ashton Larmond pleaded guilty to providing instructions to carry out an activity for the benefit of a terrorist group and was sentenced to 17 years in prison, minus 894 days for time already served.
Carlos Larmond pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to leave Canada to participate in the activities of a terrorist group and was sentenced to seven years.