Air India bomb plotter convicted of perjury

Inderjit Singh Reyat served five years for his part in the 1985 bombing
A Canadian who helped make the bomb that destroyed an Air India jet in 1985 has been convicted of committing perjury at the subsequent trial.

Inderjit Singh Reyat was jailed for five years in 2003 for manslaughter in connection with the attack, in which 329 people died.

He later testified at the trial of two Sikh separatists, and told the court then that he did not know what the bomb was for or who organised the plot.

Both men were acquitted.

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Prosecutors at the perjury trial in Vancouver said Reyat - the only person ever to be convicted over the bombing - had told blatant lies to minimise his involvement and to protect others.

His lawyer said Reyat's poor grasp of English had caused confusion.

Reyat, 58, sat passively in the court as the jury delivered its verdict aCalgary Social Media
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