Canada drops charges against man who claimed to be IS executioner
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto from World news | The Guardian on (#5QKJ5)
Shehroze Chaudhry, who featured in New York Times podcast, had been charged under terrorism hoax laws
Canadian prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who claimed to be an Islamic State executioner after he admitted fabricating his tales of violence.
In September 2020, Shehroze Chaudhry was charged under Canada's rarely used terrorism hoax laws, which carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Prosecutors withdrew those charges on Friday, after Chaudhry admitted that his account of travelling to Syria was fictitious. His trial was due to begin in February.
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