The lawyer for a man found guilty of killing a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl is asking a judge to stay the jury's verdict over unreasonable delays in getting the man to trial.
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A jury found Ibrahim Ali guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby park in July 2017. He is back in court this week as his lawyer applies to have his conviction thrown out because of years of court delays.
The lawyer for Ibrahim Ali, the man found guilty of killing a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C., said a "culture of complacency" from Crown and the court created so many unnecessary delays in proceedings that the verdict should now be stayed.Kevin McCullough made the arguments on day two of a hearing in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver into a Jordan application filed on behalf of Ali. A Jordan application seeks to have charges dropped for failing to meet the 30-month time limit to get to trial, a