Hassan Diab, the Ottawa teacher accused in a fatal bombing in Paris in 1980, was granted bail under strict conditions Tuesday morning in Ottawa.
The professor at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa faces extradition to France on charges that he bombed a synagogue in Paris as part of a radical Palestinian group, killing four people.
While the extradition process goes on, though, Diab will not be in custody, Justice Robert Maranger ruled. He will be forced to wear an electronic tracking bracelet, however, and will only be allowed to leave his house unaccompanied if he's going to work, to attend court or in the case of a medical emergency.
He is to be supervised by his common-law wife, Rania Tfaily, who Maranger characterized as "a very intelligent woman who knows precisely what she is getting into."
Diab will still have to attend an extradition hearing to determine whether he must face murder and attempted murder charges in France. Characterizing the case against Diab as "moderate to high," the judge also said that extradition is "not a foregone conclusion."