The person going through first-degree homicide and kidnapping charges within the disappearance of Ontario woman Elnaz Hajtamiri took one other shot at bail on Friday in a Barrie courtroom.
Mohamad Lilo, 37, has been behind bars since his arrest greater than two years in the past.
Police imagine he’s the mastermind behind the mysterious disappearance and presumed demise of his former girlfriend, who hasn’t been seen or heard from since January 12, 2022. Police say the couple {split} simply months earlier than she went lacking.
On Friday, Lilo utilized to be bailed out on an interim foundation forward of his trial. He has beforehand been denied bail and stays behind bars in Penetanguishene’s Central North Correctional Centre.
His mother and father put up their half-a-million-dollar residence in Quebec to function sureties.
Defence lawyer Anthony Bryant proposed full home arrest and an ankle monitor, arguing he hasn’t had the suitable entry to the Crown’s substantial disclosure of proof.
The choose is predicted to rule on the bail software at a later date. Lilo is predicted again in court docket on Monday for the beginning of pretrial motions.
9 days after Hajtamiri’s alleged abduction in Wasaga Seashore Ontario Provincial Police charged Lilo with criminally harassing her. Six months later, he was arrested within the Montreal space.
Roughly a dozen others have been charged within the case, together with three who’ve since had their charges both withdrawn or stayed by the Crown. A number of others seem headed for trial within the new yr.
Lilo maintains his innocence. The allegations in opposition to the accused haven’t been examined in court docket.
