Mohamed Hassan Hersi was charged in 2011 with attempting to join Somali terrorist organization Al-Shabab Peter J. Thompson/National Post/Files
By Stewart Bell
Saturday, April 05, 2014
BRAMPTON, Ont. — The lawyer representing a Toronto security guard on trial for allegedly attempting to join the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabab repeatedly accused an undercover police officer of fabricating evidence on Friday.
Lawyer Paul Slansky claimed conversations in which his client, Mohamed Hersi, allegedly said he intended to travel to Somalia to fight with the armed Islamist faction never happened and that the officer’s notes had been manufactured.
He also said the officer had concocted notes alleging that Mr. Hersi had said that it should be every Muslim’s dream to die a martyr, as well as a discussion about the danger of being caught reading the Al Qaeda propaganda magazine Inspire.
“You made that up,” the lawyer said.
“Your suggestion’s wrong,” the officer replied.