Judge Allows All Evidence Against Sonne in Court

The judge in the G20 Bomber Byron Sonne case in Toronto has ruled that the search warrants, the statements given to police, the computer forensics evidence, and the items seized from Sonne’s home can all be used in trial against Sonne.

From the GlobeAndMail here:

A judge has ruled that the trial for a man facing explosives charges linked to last year’s G20 summit can go ahead.

The judge found warrants to search Byron Sonne’s Toronto home were based on credible information.

She also said several statements Mr. Sonne made to police were voluntary and admissible.

With those rulings, Mr. Sonne’s trial began today with an agreed statement of facts that included his purchase of various chemicals.

Some of that evidence includes the home lab where Sonne was extracting explosive gases, his confessions that he purchased explosive materials, and his computer searches for anarchy and home made explosives.

UPDATE: According to Colah’s trial notes here, Byron had a sizable quantity of Potassium Permanganate on hand. I’m not a chemist, so I looked it up. This is what it does to a glass jar by adding two more common chemicals:

Know why the guy who made this video isn’t being arrested and jailed? BECAUSE HE DIDN’T THREATEN THE G20.