Alleged plotters failed to recruit Sher for alleged terror plot: lawyer
OTTAWA – A lawyer for accused terrorist Khurram Syed Sher says there is no evidence his client signed on to a purported conspiracy.
Defence lawyer Michael Edelson is telling Ontario Superior Court that Sher did not buy in to the scheme of two alleged co-conspirators.
Edelson says secret audio surveillance of a July 2010 discussion among the three men at an Ottawa home reveals no intent on Sher’s part to become part of a plot.
The Crown says the homegrown group was dedicated to supporting violent jihad by whatever means possible.
It contends the three men agreed to raise money, send cash abroad, take paramilitary training, make and use explosives, and scout targets in Canada.
Sher has pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to facilitate terrorism.
He was an anatomical pathologist in St. Thomas, Ont., south of London before his arrest in 2010.
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