Kanishka bombmaker Reyat found guilty of perjury

LD KANISHKA

Bal Krishna
Toronto, Sep 19 (PTI) Inderjit Singh Reyat, the sole
person convicted in the 1985 bombing of Air India's Kanishka
flight that killed 329 people, has been found guilty of
perjury by a Canadian court for lying under oath during the
trial of the world's deadliest airline bombing.
58-year-old Reyat, who had earlier confessed to helping
make the bomb that destroyed Air India Flight 182, showed
little emotion as the verdict was read in a Vancouver
courtroom Saturday after jurors deliberated for more than 20
hours.
After he was convicted of perjury, with which he was
charged in 2006, Reyat was ordered into custody, Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation reported Sunday.
The British Columbia Supreme Court jury found Reyat
guilty of lying under oath during his testimony in the trial
against his alleged co-conspirators in the plot -- Ajaib Singh
Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Malik.
The maximum sentence for perjury is 14 years in prison.
Reyat's lawyer Ian Donaldson had argued that his client
should remain out of custody to prepare for the two-day
sentencing hearing November 17, saying that neither he nor the
Crown had found a case of any Canadian convicted of perjury
being detained pending sentencing.
Donaldson said Reyat had "complied impeccably" with his
bail conditions since being released from custody in July
2008. "In two-plus years, there has been no suggestion or hint
of any breach at all," he said. (More) PTI CORR SAK
MRD


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