Reyat up for parole for the last time on bombing conviction

No matter what happens at his last parole hearing next month, the Duncan electrician convicted for his part in the Air India bombing, could be freed next year.
However, that bid for freedom could be interrupted if Inderjit Singh Reyat — who served most of his sentence in an Ontario pen, but was moved to B.C. last year — is convicted of charges of perjury.
It’s unlikely Reyat, who’s serving his sentence for manslaughter in the deaths of those killed after a bomb exploded aboard an Air India plane on June 23, 1985, will receive parole after his Feb.13 hearing.
“The upcoming hearing is just a review, one we must by law do every year,” said Dennis Finlay of the parole board.
“But it is his last hearing.”
Reyat served 10 years for manslaughter for the Tokyo airport deaths.
He was later charged with 329 counts of manslaughter in connection with the Flight 182 bombing. He pleaded guilty to one count and a charge of aiding in the construction of a bomb, and was sentenced to five more years.
There are four ways to get out of prison said Finlay: day parole, full parole, statutory release after serving two-thirds of a sentence, or warrant expiry — the moment a prisoner has served every day of his sentence.
Reyat’s warrant expiry happens Feb. 9, 2008.
However, he was charged last year with 27 counts of perjuring himself at the trial of two others.
That matter has yet to go to trial, but Reyat was charged with lying under oath during the $130-million trial that ended in the acquittal of Ripudaman Singh Malik and co-accused Ajaib Singh Bagri.
17/01/07 Mike D’Amour/Cowichan Valley News Leader, Canada

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