The Alberta Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether a man charged with first-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer should be granted bail.
A judge denied Amir Abdulrahman bail earlier this year and his lawyer asked Alberta’s top court to overturn that ruling.
Read more: Defence to elect a trial by judge and jury for youth accused of killing Calgary Sgt. Andrew Harnett
Police allege that Abdulrahman, who is 20, was a passenger in an SUV that Sgt. Andrew Harnett tried to stop on Dec. 31 after he noticed its licence plate didn’t match its registration.
Get daily National news
Harnett was hit by the vehicle and died in hospital.
Read more: ‘Andrew would have given everything for the police, and he did’: family of fallen officer
Abdulrahman and a 17-year-old boy were charged with first-degree murder.
Police have said the SUV sped off and a second, unrelated vehicle may have come into contact with Harnett on the road.
-
![]()
Bail denied for youth accused in death of Calgary police officer Sgt. Andrew Harnett -
![]()
Decision expected in bail hearing for youth accused of killing Calgary officer -
![]()
Slain Calgary police officer remembered by cadet camp ahead of funeral -
![]()
Procession for fallen officer Sgt. Andrew Harnett takes place in Calgary -
![]()
Two accused in death of Calgary police officer make court appearance
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.