Investigators trying to buy time by keeping Ottawa man in custody: lawyer

This is gating -- plain and simple:

Chris Cobb, Postmedia News
Monday, Aug. 30, 2010



OTTAWA — Police investigating Ottawa's alleged terrorist cell are attempting to buy time with "a pile on" of unrelated charges against a 20-year-old suspect, his lawyer claimed on Sunday.

Call centre worker Awso Peshdary was arrested in a dramatic RCMP swoop Friday in Ottawa. Mounties subsequently announced in a news release that they had released him after six hours of questioning.

Mr. Peshdary was denied bail by Justice of the Peace Ray Switzer on Sunday on two domestic assault charges laid by Ottawa police.

At a court hearing on Saturday, Justice Switzer had released Mr. Peshdary on bail, but before the accused man could leave the Ottawa courthouse he was re-arrested on a new charge.