Air India bomber's perjury trial delayed until May 2009

Vancouver: The only man convicted in the Air India bombing, Inderjit Singh Reyat, had his perjury trial adjourned Wednesday until next May.
Reyat's three-week trial was supposed to begin jury selection Jan. 12, with the trial expected to commence as soon as a jury was picked.
Prosecutors allege Reyat lied 27 times while testifying as a Crown witness against two co-accused Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri in September 2003.
That 19-month trial ended with acquittals for both in March 2005.
Reyat's lawyer, Ian Donaldson, told the B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday that he's currently involved in a kidnapping trial that was supposed to be finished by January but is now expected to go until next March.
One of the problems, Donaldson said, is that much of the testimony at the trial of six accused kidnappers is in Cantonese and requires an interpreter.
"It's a slow pace," he explained, adding he has been Reyat's lawyer since he was charged with perjury and now it is too late for the accused to find another lawyer.
Special prosecutor Len Doust said it was unfortunate that the perjury trial had to be adjourned "but there's little we can do."
12/11/08 Neal Hall/Canwest News Service/Canada.com

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