‘Freedom Convoy’ trial needs judge from outside Ottawa, Crown says. The application for a judge from outside Ottawa is meant to ensure there is no risk of “unconscious” bias in the case.
OTTAWA—The Crown wants an out-of-town judge to preside over the criminal trial of two main “Freedom Convoy” organizers, as one of them argues his charges should be stayed because the disclosure of a huge volume of cellphone records violated his rights to privacy and a fair trail.
That’s because there will be a “link” between any abuse finding and a future criminal trial, Mack said. But the case took a turn last month, when Barber’s lawyer Diane Magas filed an application to have his charges stayed — or dropped without a guilty or not-guilty finding. Magas alleged the Crown lawyer prosecuting the case, Moiz Karimjee, violated Barber’s privacy and right to a fair trial by disclosing more than 4,000 pages of cellphone records that police obtained through an illegitimate search.
The search gleaned more than 4,000 pages of data, including messages from Barber to his wife, kids, business clients and others that were filed in court last year, Magas’s application says.
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