TORONTO - The judge in the trial of a youth charged with plottingterror attacks in Ontario has ruled that a publication ban on theidentities of his co-accused is necessary to ensure their fairtrials.
Superior Court Justice John Sproat said in a ruling thatpublicity in the case could influence potential jurors. Sproat putan interim ban on the publishing of the defendants' identities lastweek and made it permanent on Tuesday.
The ban applies to the identities of 14 adults who were arrestedin a massive police sweep in 2006 after they allegedly tried toobtain three tons of ammonium nitrate, an explosive materialcommonly used in fertilizer. Officials accused the suspects …
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