TORONTO — The drug trial for a friend of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford finally began today with both he and his co-accused pleading not guilty.
Alexander (Sandro) Lisi faces three counts — trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana and having $900 he knew were the proceeds of crime.
Lisi had been a no-show on Tuesday due to illness.
Co-accused, Jamshid Bahrami, faces two counts of trafficking in marijuana and one of possessing cocaine.
The Crown opened its case with a now former undercover drug officer describing how he approached Bahrami at his west-end dry-cleaning store to buy marijuana.
Police charged Lisi and Bahrami in October 2013 as they investigated a video showing Ford apparently smoking crack cocaine.
