Impact on RCMP is unclear after entrapment ruling in B.C. terror trial: lawyer
VANCOUVER — It’s unclear what the impact on law enforcement will be in the wake of a landmark court decision that slammed the RCMP for investigative methods it used during an elaborate undercover operation into two terrorist suspects, a legal expert says.
Micheal Vonn of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association said police would do well to reconsider their anti-terrorism tactics after Friday’s B.C. Supreme Court ruling tossed out guilty verdicts against John Nuttall and Amanda Korody.
“It certainly signals to the police that these kinds of initiatives are going to be scrutinized by the court in a very rigorous fashion, including when they involve charges that are terrorist in nature,” Vonn said in an interview.
“That is a very important signal.”