Air India bomb maker Inderjit Singh Reyat is remorseful about the bombing deaths and gained nothing by lying during testimony against his co-accused, his lawyer told the B.C. Appeal Court.
Ian Donaldson said Wednesday those are good reasons to cut short Reyat’s nine-year prison sentence for lying 19 times during the bombing trial.
Unlike other serious perjury convictions, Reyat did not concoct a false tale to exonerate anyone, Donaldson told the three-member panel.
The lawyer said Reyat merely didn’t tell the whole truth when he said, for example, he did not know the names of some key players believed to be involved in the plot.
Reyat — who has spent most of his adult life behind bars — was convicted of perjury in 2010 for his testimony as a Crown witness at the 2003 trial of Ripudamen Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri.
28/11/13 Vivian Luk/The Canadian Press/City News
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Ian Donaldson said Wednesday those are good reasons to cut short Reyat’s nine-year prison sentence for lying 19 times during the bombing trial.
Unlike other serious perjury convictions, Reyat did not concoct a false tale to exonerate anyone, Donaldson told the three-member panel.
The lawyer said Reyat merely didn’t tell the whole truth when he said, for example, he did not know the names of some key players believed to be involved in the plot.
Reyat — who has spent most of his adult life behind bars — was convicted of perjury in 2010 for his testimony as a Crown witness at the 2003 trial of Ripudamen Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri.
28/11/13 Vivian Luk/The Canadian Press/City News
