Judge Elizabeth Bennett is stepping down as the trial judge in the long-running political corruption trial involving former executive assistants to provincial Liberal cabinet ministers.Judge Bennett was appointed the B.C. Court of Appeal earlier this year and told lawyers today that she cannot handle both obligations, with the corruption case expected to last at least another year.She said she did not believe the fair trial rights of the defendants would be jeopardized by the appointment of a new trial judge.
The formal trial of Dave Basi, Bob Virk and Aneal Basi on charges of fraud and breach of trust has yet to begin, nearly six years after RCMP raided the legislature in search of evidence in the case.Proceedings so far have been taken up by lengthy arguments over disclosure of documents.
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