Saad Gaya
Saad Gaya (born November 17, 1987) was a first generation Canadian of Pakistani descent. A friend of Saad Khalid, Gaya was recruited three months before the arrests and caught with Khalid unloading the ammonium nitrate in a warehouse at the time of his arrest.
Gaya was underage at the time of his arrest and plead guilty in September 2009 at the age of 21. The court determined that his primary motivation was to convince Canada to pull its soldiers out of Afghanistan as he wanted to protect Muslim nations. Gaya had been selected to drive one of the suicide trucks but maintains that he was not aware of that part of the plan and did not believe anyone would die in the attacks. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison on January 18, 2010. Gaya is being held at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, Ontario.
The crown has appealed the sentence hoping for an increase to 17–18 years in prison instead of 12.
Gaya's Bail Hearing decision, which contains many facts of the case as well as Gaya's admitted involvement, can be viewed at: http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2008/2008canlii24539/2008canlii24539.html
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