Jury convicts Rehab Dughmosh of terror offences for attacking Scarborough Canadian Tire `for ISIS´
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A jury has found Rehab Dughmosh guilty on four terrorism-related charges, concluding a brief and bizarre trial in which Dughmosh refused to participate except to admit she tried to join Daesh in Syria and later used a golf club and knife to attack a Scarborough Canadian Tire while shouting “This is for ISIS.�Jurors saw Dughmosh, 34, refuse to enter a plea or make a defence in her two-day trial — but they were not told she did this for religious reasons. They also were not told the trial had such an unusual process because lawyers had needed to devise a way to allow Dughmosh to effectively plead guilty, without actually participating in the trial.The jury was quickly picked on Wednesday and the same day heard a six-page statement of facts read by the Crown and admitted to by Dughmosh. That was the only evidence presented at her trial. Superior Court Justice Maureen Forestell entered pleas of not guilty to all four charges on Dughmosh’s behalf.The jury returned their verdict Thursday afternoon just over an hour after starting their deliberations.“When facts are admitted you must consider those facts as proven,� Crown prosecutor Jason Wakely told the jury in his closing address. “And on the facts of this case it is abundantly clear that Ms. Dughmosh is guilty of all the offences,� he said. Read more: In highly unusual trial, Rehab Dughmosh admits to attacking Scarborough Canadian Tire ‘for ISIS’ — but refuses to enter pleaOpinion | Rosie DiManno: Case of woman accused in Canadian Tire attack like moving a mountain of defianceToronto woman accused of terror-related assault again refuses to appear in court“She could not have been any clearer that she was doing this for the benefit of ISIS,� Wakely said, using another name for Daesh. “She literally declared the words: ‘This is for ISIS.’ She draped herself in an ISIS banner. She wrapped an ISIS bandana around her head and s ...