Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Jack Farrell
Publication Date: January 4, 2025 - 16:56
Men convicted in death of family crossing Manitoba border seek acquittal, new trial
January 4, 2025
The two men found guilty of human smuggling in the case of a family from India who froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba in 2022 are seeking acquittal, or new trials.The two men, Steve Shand of Florida and Harshkumar Patel, an Indian national arrested in Chicago, were convicted by a Minnesota jury in November on all four counts each were facing.
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