Overview
- Federal justice lawyer Anne-Renee Touchette argued Allistair Chapman is a flight risk, questioning his parents’ oversight and citing a 2019 police report and recent police “duty to warn” notices.
- Defence sought release with a $500,000 surety, residence with his parents and a curfew, stressing no criminal record, strong community ties and no foreign travel in about a decade.
- U.S. prosecutors allege Chapman paid $10,000 to post an informant’s photo online before the witness was killed in Colombia, which the defence says does not connect him to a murder plot.
- A two-day bail hearing is underway in Calgary’s Court of King’s Bench, with the judge’s decision pending.
- The case arises from an FBI probe of an alleged network led by former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, now in U.S. custody, and several co-accused have previously been granted bail.