Ontario Court of Justice in Sarnia. July 12, 2019. (BlackburnNews photo by Colin Gowdy)Ontario Court of Justice in Sarnia. July 12, 2019. (BlackburnNews photo by Colin Gowdy)
Sarnia

Bank robbery suspect remanded for one week

One of two men charged in connection with the armed robbery of a Sarnia bank last month has been remanded in custody for another week.

Hassan Ali, 21, made a brief video appearance in Sarnia court Wednesday morning.

His case was put over to September 4 to allow for Ali's counsel to receive disclosure. He has not yet had a bail hearing.

Two masked men, armed with what turned out to be replica handguns, robbed the TD bank on London Road just before 4 p.m. July 28 and fled in a vehicle.

Ali, and 23-year-old Mushin Aden, both of the Mississauga-Etobicoke area, face numerous charges including robbery using a firearm, disguise with intent, flight from police and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

Aden was granted $30,000 bail earlier this month.

OPP pursued the suspects to London where a taxi was hit by a police vehicle, critically injuring two fares in the cab, a 27-year-old woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The woman is currently in fair condition in London hospital while her daughter is still listed as critical.

Ali was out on bail at the time for over a dozen robbery-related offences in the Toronto area in 2017.

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