Rehab Dughmosh — the Scarborough woman who is accused of swinging a golf club and a knife at Canadian Tire employees and customers in a June 3 incident, and is facing 21 charges of terrorism-related activity — refuses to leave her cell, despite a discretionary warrant ordering her to appear in court. A security officer on Tuesday told the court that Dughmosh, 32, had refused to be removed from the Milton detention centre where she is being held. This was the second time Dughmosh has been a no-show at a hearing. In her absence on July 21, Justice Kimberly Crosbie of the Ontario Court of Justice appointed an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” to assist in maintaining the court’s jurisdiction over her case. She has also expressed her intention to plead guilty, and if found guilty faces a maximum life sentence.

Source: thestar August 15, 2017 23:03 UTC