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Oct 19, 2026
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Trial for man accused in Pearson gold heist hears more from key figure in case
Original article ↗What we measured
Outlets covering
2
Lean bands spanned
2
Widest spread
Center → Center-Right
Verdict
Unverifiable
Key figures
Arsalan Chaudhary returned to the witness stand today in the trial of Parmpal Sidhu, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of theft over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence in the 2023 heist.
Chaudhary was sentenced this spring to four years in prison after pleading guilty to theft over $5,000, and he was given 40 years to pay back $22 million in restitution.
Prosecutors allege that Sidhu, an Air Canada employee at the time, provided a doctored waybill that allowed another man to pick up more than $22 million in gold and currency from a Pearson airport cargo bay.
Peel regional police have said 6,600 gold bars weighing more than 400 kilograms were stolen from the airport on April 17, 2023, after the shipment arrived from Switzerland.
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B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
CENTER RIGHT
Where the 2 outlets covering this sit
Center
50%
Center-Right
50%
Justice framing
Center majority
2-outlet cluster
Broad pickup
Signal breakdown
Heuristic (v1/v3)
0.00 · CENTER
ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.298 · RIGHT
Ensemble
0.298 · CENTER RIGHT
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By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted October 19, 2026 12:52 pm
WATCH: Charges dropped against 2 men accused in Toronto Pearson gold heist – Sep 16, 2026
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A man who received a prison sentence for his role in the Toronto Pearson airport gold heist has told a Brampton, Ont., court that on the day of the theft, he communicated with the man currently on trial in the case.…
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