渥太華平面設計師面臨恐怖指控的辯護律師辯稱，針對其客戶的證據站不住腳

週二，27 歲的帕特里克·戈登·麥克唐納 (Patrick Gordon Macdonald) 的審判結束了結案陳詞，他對三項恐怖主義和仇恨言論指控表示無罪。

Closing arguments concluded Tuesday in the trial of an Ottawa graphic designer facing terror charges over his alleged involvement with the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division.

週二，一名渥太華平面設計師因涉嫌參與新納粹組織 Atomwaffen Division 而面臨恐怖指控，審判結束陳詞。

Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 27, pleaded not guilty to three terrorism and hate speech charges. Crown prosecutors allege he helped make three recruitment videos for the listed terrorist entity, as well as a slew of other hate propaganda.

27 歲的 Patrick Gordon Macdonald 對三項恐怖主義和仇恨言論指控表示無罪。皇家檢察官指控他幫助為列入名單的恐怖實體製作了三段招募視頻，以及大量其他仇恨宣傳。

But his defence team argued the Crown can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was involved in the production of the videos, and they suggested the case hinges on that.

但他的辯護團隊辯稱，官方無法毫無疑問地證明他參與了影片的製作，他們認為案件取決於此。

"This is a house of cards that's built on a very shaky foundation," said defence lawyer Ariya Sheivari.

辯護律師阿里亞·謝瓦里 (Ariya Sheivari) 表示：“這是一座紙牌屋，基礎非常不穩定。”

The series of propaganda videos in question espouse violent and antisemitic messages and symbols, and show a small, paramilitary-like force shooting rifles and burning flags and books, including the Pride flag and the Israeli flag.

這一系列有問題的宣傳影片宣揚暴力和反猶太主義訊息和符號，並展示了一支小型準軍事部隊射擊步槍並焚燒旗幟和書籍，包括驕傲旗幟和以色列國旗。

Crown prosecutors have argued throughout the proceedings that camera equipment seized from Macdonald's home in 2022 can tie him to the creation of the videos through metadata analysis, along with other records and objects police obtained.

皇家檢察官在整個訴訟過程中辯稱，2022 年從麥克唐納家中查獲的攝影設備可以透過元數據分析以及警方獲得的其他記錄和物品將他與影片的創作聯繫起來。

Multiple cameras and lenses were seized by police, which prosecutors said contain identifiable traits, such as serial numbers and file naming conventions. One camera had an identifiable offset date of 391 days and 15 hours, meaning the date stamp on files would be off by more than a year.

警方查獲了多台相機和鏡頭，檢察官稱這些相機和鏡頭包含可識別的特徵，例如序號和文件命名約定。一台相機的可辨識偏移日期為 391 天 15 小時，這表示檔案上的日期戳將偏差一年多。

The defence argued the metadata evidence the Crown has assembled is circumstantial, and does not link Macdonald to creating the videos.

辯方辯稱，官方收集的元數據證據是間接的，並沒有將麥克唐納與影片的製作聯繫起來。

Sheivari told the court the identifying data for one of the cameras is linked to JPEG image files embedded in one of the three video files the RCMP had downloaded from the internet.

Sheivari 告訴法庭，其中一台攝影機的識別資料與皇家騎警從網路下載的三個影片檔案之一中嵌入的 JPEG 影像檔案相關聯。

He said it's not clear what images are contained in those JPEGs and argued they alone are not proof that the videos were recorded with Macdonald's camera.

他表示，目前尚不清楚這些 JPEG 中包含哪些影像，並認為僅憑這些影像並不能證明這些影片是用麥克唐納的相機錄製的。

Sheivari called this a key "building block of the Crown's case" linking his client to the videos.

謝瓦里稱這是將他的客戶與影片聯繫起來的「官方案件的關鍵組成部分」。

Defence lawyer Douglas Baum also challenged previous expert witness testimony that branded Atomwaffen a terrorist group, suggesting the research report compiled on the group for the court was sloppy and limited to secondary sources.

辯護律師道格拉斯·鮑姆也對先前將 Atomwaffen 定性為恐怖組織的專家證人證詞提出質疑，認為為法庭編寫的有關該組織的研究報告草率且僅限於二手資料。

He noted the Atomwaffen Division was not designated a terrorist group by Public Safety Canada until 2021, after Macdonald was alleged to have participated in the group's activities. He suggested the Crown needs to independently establish that it is a terror group for the charges to stick.

他指出，直到 2021 年，在麥克唐納被指控參與該組織的活動之後，原子武器部門才被加拿大公共安全部門指定為恐怖組織。他建議，官方需要獨立確定該組織是恐怖組織，才能維持指控。

Prosecutors also got some final words in on Tuesday, pointing to some neo-Nazi inspired imagery posted to the Tumblr account of "Dark Foreigner," an active social media poster they identified as Macdonald.

檢察官週二也做出了一些最後的陳述，指出 Tumblr 帳戶上發布的一些受新納粹主義啟發的圖像「黑暗外國人」是一張活躍的社群媒體海報，他們確認海報就是麥克唐納。

That included one image with text that reads, "Accept death, embrace infamy."

其中包括一張圖片，上面寫著「接受死亡，擁抱恥辱」。

"The small drizzle becomes a bigger pond, is the danger here," said Crown prosecutor Catherine Legault, warning such graphics were made to recruit more members for the group and its far-right ideology.

皇家檢察官凱瑟琳·萊戈特（Catherine Legault）表示：「小毛毛雨變成了更大的池塘，這就是這裡的危險。」她警告說，製作此類圖形是為了為該組織及其極右意識形態招募更多成員。

None of the allegations have been proven in court. A scheduling hearing is set for early February.

所有指控均未在法庭上得到證實。聽證會定於二月初舉行。

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 3, 2024.

加拿大通訊社的這篇報導於 2024 年 12 月 3 日首次發表。