The trial of five former employees of the Quebec-based Norbourg trust fund accused of bilking millions of dollars out of unwitting investors ended January 26th. A Quebec superior court judge halted the four-month trial when jurors concluded the case was far too complex for them to reach a unanimous verdict. Walid Hijazi, a lawyer for one of the five accused who faced 700 charges, called the halt in the trial a partial victory. (Norbourg president Vincent Lacroix had been sentenced in October, 2009 to 13 years in jail after pleading guilty to 200 fraud-related charges.)

Date: 2010-01-26
Placeline: MONTREAL, Quebec.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 18 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << at the beginning of the trial he was destined for an electric chair there was a whole social movement by pushing towards the guilt of all of the accused today they have not been convicted and you're not going to jail that being said they're not free and they have no feeling of closure >>

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