A Mississauga, Ont., man charged with the high-profile kidnapping of a Toronto teen over his half-brother’s drug debt in 2020 has been found guilty.
Superior Court Justice Sandra Nishikawa delivered her verdict to Samir Abdelgadir in a downtown Toronto courtroom on Friday. He attended the hearing via Zoom as he was in hospital.
Abdelgadir was one of five people charged with the kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy on March 4, 2020 – a case that sparked an Amber Alert and captivated the city’s attention until the teen was found in a rural barn 38 hours later.
Abdelgadir was on trial for kidnapping after pleading not guilty following his arrest in May 2020.
“Despite my rejection of certain evidence relied upon by the Crown, I am satisfied that Mr. Abdelgadir was driving the Tahoe when it went to 345 Driftwood Avenue on the morning of March 4, 2020, that he knew that (the teen) was going to be kidnapped and that he had been …