Charges stayed against 4 more suspects in bomb plot trial

But his lawyer, Anser Farooq, said he wants to know why his client spent about 18 months behind bars, often in solitary confinement.

"There should be some form of inquiry as to why it was this gentleman spent such a period of time in custody and spent it in the fashion that he did," he said.

Jamal's wife, Cheryfa, was also critical of the case against her husband.

"[It] goes to show how fabricated and inflated this really was," she said.

The staying of the charges against the four men is another blow to the Crown's case in one of the biggest home-grown terrorism cases in Canadian history.

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