Sting on couple guilty of terror charges not meant to seem illegal: officer
VANCOUVER — An undercover terrorism sting involved thousands of dollars changing hands and officers promising access to guns and explosives, but the lead officer told a trial Wednesday that the operation was in no way meant to appear criminal.
RCMP Sgt. Bill Kalkat told B.C. Supreme Court that officers never encouraged John Nuttall to believe he was dealing with criminal elements.
Nuttall and his wife Amanda Korody were found guilty last June of plotting to blow up the B.C. legislature on Canada Day 2013. But the conviction hasn’t been entered until a judge decides after this proceeding if police entrapped the pair during the undercover operation.
“We never said we were al-Qaida, or that (the primary undercover officer) was a terrorist,” Kalkat told the court.