Reyat lied in Air India testimony, prosecutor tells jury

Vancouver: Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in the Air India bombing, lied on several occasions when he testified seven years ago at the trial of two other suspects in the terrorist attack, prosecutor Len Doust told B.C. Supreme Court Thursday.
Reyat's high-profile perjury trial finally got underway at the Vancouver Law Courts after years of delays — the final chapter in the story of Canada's deadliest mass murder.
Jurors listened attentively as Doust explained in his opening remarks that he would not be calling witnesses, but would rely on recordings of Reyat's evidence in September 2003 and an affidavit Reyat signed six months before being called as a Crown witness at the Air India trial.
Doust said he could demonstrate that Reyat had deliberately misled the Air India trial 19 times over three days of testimony that began on Sept. 10, 2003.
The two other suspects, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, were later acquitted of conspiring to blow up two Air India flights heading in opposite directions around the globe.
On June 23, 1985, a bomb planted in a suitcase aboard Air India Flight 182 exploded over Irish airspace, killing all 329 people on board — including 280 Canadians.
09/09/10 Kim Bolan/Vancover/Montreal Gazette

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