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The court released the accused on strict bail conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The applicant sought a review of a detention order under s. 520(1) of the Criminal Code, citing two material changes in circumstances: a more stringent release plan including GPS monitoring and a higher surety pledge, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Crown conceded the pandemic constituted a material change.
The court found that the applicant's detention was not necessary on either the secondary or tertiary grounds, considering the lack of a criminal record, the enhanced bail plan, and the risks posed by the pandemic in a detention centre.
The court ordered the applicant's release on a $50,000 recognizance with three sureties and strict conditions, including GPS ankle monitoring and a residence requirement.
Pre-trial motions granted allowing alternate suspect evidence, lay opinion vehicle identification, and CCTV testimony for victim.
The accused, charged with attempted murder following a shooting, brought a pre-trial motion to adduce alternate suspect evidence after the alleged weapon was found in the possession of a third party 11 months later.
The Crown brought motions to admit lay opinion evidence from a car salesman to identify a vehicle in surveillance footage, and to allow the victim to testify via closed-circuit television due to safety fears.
The court granted all three motions, finding an air of reality to the alternate suspect defence, that the car salesman was in a better position than the trier of fact to identify the vehicle, and that CCTV testimony was necessary to obtain a full and candid account from the fearful victim.
The accused was denied bail on secondary and tertiary grounds due to an exceptionally strong Crown case involving a firearm and inadequate proposed sureties.
A bail hearing for an accused charged with attempted murder using a firearm, multiple weapons offences, and drug possession.
The Crown sought detention on secondary and tertiary grounds under section 515(10) of the Criminal Code.
The accused proposed a four-surety release plan with house arrest and strict conditions.
The court found the Crown's case exceptionally strong, the offence grave, and the risk to public safety and the victim significant.
The court detained the accused on both secondary and tertiary grounds, finding that the sureties, while well-meaning, were inadequate to supervise the accused given the serious nature of the allegations and the accused's apparent concealment of criminal activity from his family.
