TORONTO - A Crown lawyer is telling a jury "the evidence is overwhelming" in the case of two men accused of plotting to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S.
Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier face multiple terror-related charges in connection with their alleged plot to target a Via Rail train travelling from New York to Toronto.
Neither called evidence or witnesses in their defence and both pleaded not-guilty.
In closing arguments which began this morning, Crown lawyer Croft Michaelson told jurors to be guided by their common sense when they reviewed the evidence and considered submissions of counsel in the case.
He took jurors over highlights from conversations between the two accused and an undercover FBI officer who gained their trust -- hours of secret recordings that have formed the bulk of evidence in the case.
Michaelson says the Crown's position is that there was a conspiracy to murder and a conspiracy to damage a railway bridge in the case.
