OTTAWA: A former Ottawa X-ray technologist was sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiring to facilitate terrorism, officials said.
Misbahuddin Ahmed, 30, was convicted in July, but was acquitted of a more serious charge of bomb-making for terrorist purposes.
He was convicted of “conspiring to facilitate a terrorist activity”, Canada’s Public Prosecution office said on Thursday, adding that he had 30 days to appeal the ruling.
Ahmed and two alleged co-conspirators had been arrested in police raids in 2010.
Authorities said Ahmed and his accomplices had plotted to attack a repatriation ceremony at a Canadian military base usually attended by the minister of defence and chief of the defence staff. Police had said the accused were in possession of a horde of material for making improvised explosive devices.
Published in Dawn, October 25th , 2014