Pubdate: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2006 The Province Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Keith Fraser Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?188 (Outlaw Bikers) THREE HELLS ANGELS ALLEGE AGENT ABUSE Suspects Apply To Have Drug-Trafficking Charges Stayed Three Hells Angels have applied to have drug trafficking charges stayed on grounds of an abuse of process relating to the actions of a police agent. The application by Ronaldo Lising, Kerry Renaud and Nima Ghavami was made before B.C. Supreme Court Justice Victor Curtis in Vancouver yesterday. Don Morrison, a lawyer for Ghavami, says in a court document that inappropriate force and abuse was applied by the agent, who was recruited from jail for up to $1 million, against his client. "The agent threatened and inveigled Ghavami into illegal activities which, up to that time, Ghavami had never been involved in, but which the agent had been involved in. The conduct was sanctioned by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police." James Sutherland, a lawyer for Renaud, said he expects the hearing to be lengthy since the agent was also involved in the investigations of numerous other Hells Angels who were also charged but have not yet gone to trial. Greg DelBigio, a lawyer for Lising, said several high-ranking officers, possibly including B.C. RCMP Assistant-Commissioner Gary Bass, may be called as witnesses to difficulties encountered with the agent. The judge adjourned a decision on when the application might be heard until next Wednesday. Lising, a full-patch member of the Nomad chapter of the Hells Angels, is charged with possessing methamphetamines for the purpose of trafficking. Nima Ghavami, an alleged associate of the East End chapter of the notorious motorcycle gang, and Kerry Renaud, another associate, are charged with trafficking in methamphetamines. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom