Asad Ansari is one of 18 people accused and detained on June 2 and June 3, 2006, in Toronto

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, Ontario

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, Canada

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 in the Toronto terrorism arrests.

He was 21 years old at the time of his arrest, and spent 3 years and 3 months in pre-trial detention, of which 15 months straight were spent in solitary confinement.

On August 28, 2009, he was granted bail.

Trial

Ansari was being tried simultaneously with Steven Vikash Chand

Steven Vikash Chand

Steven Vikash Chand is one of 17 people arrested in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He and his conspirators are alleged to have plotted coordinated bombing attacks against targets in southern Ontario.-Life:...

 and Fahim Ahmad

Fahim Ahmad

Fahim Ahmad is one of people convicted in the 2006 Toronto terrorism case. He was a ringleader in the group. He was 21 years old at the time of arrest, and married with two children.-Life:...

 in Brampton

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 until Ahmad pleaded guilty.

He and Chand were both found guilty on June 23, 2010 of knowingly participating in a terrorist group. The court heard that he had attended a winter training camp in Washago

Ramara, Ontario

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, Ontario, in December 2005. They are the only members of the 18 to be tried by jury rather than by a lone judge.