'Diab's hearing will return to Ontario Superior Court on Feb. 7, when the court will hear submissions on the handwriting evidence that lies at the heart of the case.
The defence will argue to toss a French handwriting report linking Diab to the bombing.
Three defence experts have spent days savaging the French report, calling it flawed and biased.
Judge Robert Maranger will rule on the validity of the report before hearing final submissions."
REPORTER TONY SPEARS: QMI AGENCY;
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"OTTAWA - The glacial extradition hearing for a university professor accused of bombing a Paris synagogue will wrap up in March if a judge gets his way," the QMI story by reporter Tony Spears published earlier today under the heading, "Diab decision set for March," begins.
"Judge Robert Maranger has set a tentative end date of March 11 in the case of Hassan Diab, accused by the French of the 1980 Rue Copernic attack," the story continues.
"French authorities want him extradited.
Diab's hearing will return to Ontario Superior Court on Feb. 7, when the court will hear submissions on the handwriting evidence that lies at the heart of the case.
The defence will argue to toss a French handwriting report linking Diab to the bombing.
Three defence experts have spent days savaging the French report, calling it flawed and biased.
Judge Robert Maranger will rule on the validity of the report before hearing final submissions.
Though the handwriting report is considered to be key evidence, Crown lawyers say its exclusion would not deal a death blow to their case.
If the hearing does not conclude on time, the Diab case will be pushed back until November, when Maranger will next become free."
The story can be found at:
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2922745
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be accessed at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
For a breakdown of some of the cases, issues and controversies this Blog is currently following, please turn to:
http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=120008354894645705&postID=8369513443994476774
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog; hlevy15@gmail.com;
