Trial for Toronto van attack suspect may be held by video conference due to COVID-19 pandemic, court hears

Police are on scene after a van mounted a sidewalk and crashed into a number of pedestrians in Toronto, on April 23, 2018.The trial of a man accused of deliberately using a van to kill 10 people on a busy Toronto sidewalk may be held by video conference next month due to recently imposed COVID-19 restrictions, court heard Wednesday.

His trial is set to begin on Nov. 9 but court heard that the manner in which it will proceed may change due to new restrictions issued Friday by Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey B. Morawetz, which include a limit of 10 people in a courtroom.Those rules were imposed after Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced stricter public health measures the same day for Toronto, Peel Region and Ottawa to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

“We expect to proceed on the 9th as scheduled, but there are additional steps we have to take to make sure that we can run this in a way that is compliant with the chief justice’s order,” Crown attorney Joseph Callaghan said by Zoom. Molloy, who will preside over the case, said “there is some attraction” to holding the trial via Zoom.The trial, scheduled for four to six weeks, was set to begin in Toronto on April 6, but was postponed due to the pandemic.

Why has it taken so long for this guy to be tried ?

This should take about 10 minutes, then put him in a place he can never hurt anyone ever again.

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