A British Columbia woman who married an Islamic State (ISIS) fighter pleads guilty to a terrorism-related charge in a Vancouver court. According to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Kimberly Polman pleads guilty to one count of leaving Canada to participate in the activities of a terrorist group.
Outlets report the plea comes shortly before her case was due to proceed to trial in B.C. Supreme Court. The Vancouver Sun adds that the matter had involved days of pretrial hearings, including Charter challenges, before the guilty plea was entered. City News Toronto and Global News focus on the fact of the guilty plea and the charge as confirmed by prosecutors, without detailing the earlier procedural steps. All accounts describe the same defendant, the same general allegation, and the same location and timing in B.C. court proceedings.
