Air-India bombing convicted can now ask for computer access

Vancouver: The B.C. government may have to purchase laptops or provide increased computer access for alleged Hells Angels, Inderjit Singh Reyat and other inmates to ensure they have fair trials, as a result of a court decision yesterday.
The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear the province's appeal of a decision that granted exclusive use of a correctional-centre computer room until midnight each night to an inmate facing a trial on two counts of first-degree murder.
The Ministry of the Attorney-General appealed the computer ruling. It argued the decision could have "wide-ranging effects."
The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled it did not have jurisdiction to review the lower court's order. The Supreme Court of Canada's decision yesterday not to hear the appeal means that Judge Boyd's ruling can be cited by inmates in coming cases, such as five Hells Angels-related proceedings in B.C. and the perjury trial of Mr. Reyat, the only person convicted in the 1985 bombing of an Air-India jet.
08/12/06 Shannon Kari/Globe and Mail, Canada

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