A new documentary film sheds light on the Surrey couple involved in a plot to blow up the B.C. Legislature in Victoria 10 years ago, on Canada Day 2013.
John sa国际传媒淥marsa国际传媒� Nuttall and Amanda sa国际传媒淎nasa国际传媒� Korody were originally found guilty by a jury and did time in prison, but were later acquitted when the Supreme Court of B.C. heard they were coerced by undercover police officers to carry out a terrorist bombing.
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This week the film is , on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (Oct. 17, 19, 20).
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Back in 2013, during Operation Souvenir, the RCMP provided Nuttall and Korody with explosives and fake detonators, then arrested and charged them for plotting a terrorist attack.
Millersa国际传媒檚 gripping film, world-premiered at Vancouversa国际传媒檚 DOXA film festival last May, uses surveillance video to help show how an impoverished pair became radicalized Muslims with pressure and guidance of undercover police who, the director contends, sought to sa国际传媒渕anufacturesa国际传媒� the terrorist threat.
Last year the couple announced plans to sue police, prosecutors in their case and the B.C. and Canadian governments.
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Nuttall and Korody still live in the Surrey area, the Montreal-based director said.
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Miller said shesa国际传媒檚 remained in contact with the lawyer involved in the the couplesa国际传媒檚 2022 lawsuit against police and governments.
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- with files from Jane Skrypnek
