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Judge Orders In-Person Hearing in Halifax U.S. Consulate Bomb Threat Case
Judge Barbara Beach ordered Ali Assakereh to appear in person after a video hearing was disrupted by audio problems and a handwritten note.
- On Thursday, 54-year-old Ali Assakereh appeared via video link in Halifax provincial court regarding an August 10 bomb threat at the Consulate, but the hearing was quickly derailed by procedural confusion.
- Assakereh was arrested Aug 10 for allegedly parking a car containing a propane tank and flammable liquids near the Consulate, triggering broad evacuations across downtown Halifax.
- Contradicting his lawyer, Krysten Stevens, Assakereh held up a handwritten note indicating he did not want to change courts, opposing Stevens' request for a Nova Scotia Supreme Court trial.
- Judge Barbara Beach rescheduled the matter for next month and ordered Assakereh and his Farsi interpreter to appear in person to avoid further communication confusion.
- The Crown considers the threat terrorist activity, carrying a potential life sentence instead of the usual five-year maximum, as similar incidents involving the Consulate in Toronto remain under investigation.
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Confusion in Halifax courtroom over U.S. consulate bomb threat case
HALIFAX - The man accused of threatening to bomb the U.S. Consulate in Halifax in August made a court appearance this morning via video link, but the hearing was quickly derailed.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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