Winnipeg man pleads not guilty to letter-bomb charges, fights DNA evidence
WINNIPEG — A man accused of sending letter bombs in the mail, including one that cost his ex-wife’s lawyer her hand, pleaded not guilty Monday to five counts of attempted murder and to several explosives-related charges.
Guido Amsel is also challenging the validity of a warrant that authorized a blood sample to be taken from him after his arrest. The sample is to be used for DNA evidence at his upcoming trial.
“The issue will be about the legality of a blood sample that was seized from our client, and whether or not the information that was provided to the judge was 100 per cent accurate or not,” Amsel’s lawyer, Saheel Zaman, said outside court.
Zaman said he did not want to go into further details until a pre-trial hearing begins. It was to start Monday but was pushed back a week.