{
  "id": 17843608,
  "title": "Inside man or scapegoat? Defence, prosecutors make closing submissions in Pearson airport gold heist trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/inside-man-or-scapegoat-defence-prosecutors-make-closing-submissions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T19:09:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/defence-prosecutors-closing-arguments-pearson-airport-gold-heist-9.7405992"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Was a then-Air Canada employee an inside man who helped carry out one of the biggest gold heists in Canadian history, or a scapegoat exploited by a longtime friend? Those were the two competing scenarios presented to a Brampton, Ont., court Monday as prosecutors and defence lawyers made their closing submissions in the trial of Parmpal Sidhu.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Inside man or patsy? Crown, defence pitch narratives at trial of man accused in heist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/inside-man-or-patsy-crown-defence-pitch-narratives-at-trial-of-man",
        "published": "2026-11-02T18:14:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "HUNTER: Crown, defence paint two portraits of Pearson gold-heist suspect",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/hunter-crown-defence-paint-two-portraits-of-pearson-gold-heist-suspect",
        "published": "2026-11-02T19:44:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}