Connect to share and comment  Crown proceeds directly to trial
for two men charged in alleged Via terror plot   TORONTO - Two
men charged in an alleged plot to attack a Via Rail train will
be heading straight to trial after federal prosecutors said they
were bypassing a preliminary inquiry into the case.  The Crown
announced in court Monday that it is proceeding by direct
indictment against Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier.  The move
means that the case is bumped up from provincial court to
Superior Court without the step of having a preliminary inquiry.
Such hearings are to determine if there is enough evidence for a
case to go to trial.  Federal Crown attorney Croft Michaelson
did not give a reason in court for the direct indictment, but
did say he expected the trial would be "lengthy."  One of the
charges was dropped on the new indictment. Esseghaier is no
longer facing a charge of instructing someone to carry out an
activity for the benefit of a terrorist group.  Esseghaier, a
Tunisian national doing doct