Rob Ford’s former driver acquitted on drug trafficking charges

TORONTO — Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s friend Alexander (Sandro) Lisi has been found not guilty on drug-related charges.
Lisi’s co-accused — Jamshid (Jay) Bahrami — was also found not guilty.
Both men were charged with trafficking cannabis.

Lisi, 36, was also charged with possession of a small quantity of marijuana and possession of the proceeds of crime while Bahrami was charged with cocaine possession.
Lisi had $900 in marked police money when he was arrested — allegedly from an undercover officer’s purchase of 220 grams of pot in Bahrami’s dry cleaning store.
Justice Ramez Khawly says he found the undercover officer’s testimony not credible and that the Crown couldn’t prove the entire case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lisi also faces separate charges of extortion related to trying to retrieve the infamous Ford “crack video.”
He has yet to stand trial in that case.

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