VANCOUVER — The Crown says two people on trial for terrorism charges built three pressure-cooker bombs and planted them on the grounds of the B.C. legislature on Canada Day.
John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were arrested in July 2013 and charged with four counts, including conspiring to commit murder and conspiring to place explosives on behalf of a terrorist group.
Crown counsel Peter Eccles has told a jury that Nuttall and Korody were the only members of a home-grown terrorist cell, whose goal was linked to the radical form of Islam they followed.
He says the pair planted bombs in two planters on the legislature lawn, with timers set to explode 15 minutes apart.
The bombs didn't have the ability to explode, but Eccles says if they did, they would have created a 150-metre blast capable of killing bystanders.
Nuttall and Korody have both pleaded not guilty, and their trial is expected to last about 18 weeks.
