Vancouver Police say a man was arrested after lawyers for Ibrahim Ali said someone brought a loaded gun to the final day of their clientB次元官网网址檚 trial last week, where he was convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl.
Vancouver Police spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison says in a statement the man was released pending further investigations.
Lawyer Kevin McCullough said in an interview Monday that Victoria Police told him someone close to the proceedings brought a loaded Glock handgun to court with an intention B次元官网网址渢o killB次元官网网址� on Friday.
McCullough has filed notice of appeal against his clientB次元官网网址檚 conviction for first-degree murder in the killing of the girl in BurnabyB次元官网网址檚 Central Park in 2017.
The notice of appeal filed Monday lists 25 grounds, including that the court didnB次元官网网址檛 properly address safety concerns about death threats against AliB次元官网网址檚 lawyers, and that there were B次元官网网址渢hird party suspectsB次元官网网址� in the girlB次元官网网址檚 death.
McCullough says two other men were arrested for the killing, but the B.C. Supreme Court erred by refusing to allow evidence about them to be brought up at the trial.
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Other grounds for appeal include alleged bias against the defence, and a dispute over the CrownB次元官网网址檚 suggestion the girl did not have a boyfriend.
The trial concluded Friday with the jury convicting Ali of killing the girl who canB次元官网网址檛 be named because of a publication ban, although hearings on matters arising from the case continue.
Another affidavit filed Dec. 5 describes more than a dozen messages received by McCullough and his firm that includes threats to kill the lawyer and his family.
A hearing on Tuesday was moved to courtroom 67, which is fitted with a metal detector, and everyone who entered was screened and their bags were checked by sheriffs.
The main Crown evidence against Ali was semen found inside the girlB次元官网网址檚 body that was a DNA match for Ali.
McCullough had told the jury that the girl was not an B次元官网网址渋nnocentB次元官网网址� child as the Crown had portrayed during trial, that she was a teenager and that it wasnB次元官网网址檛 B次元官网网址渙utlandishB次元官网网址� to suggest she may have found Ali attractive.
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