A judge in Canada has ordered computer files linked to the alleged perpetrator of a 1980 Paris synagogue bombing turned over to French authorities, media reports said Wednesday.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger ruled that the November 2008 seizure by police of a computer owned by the common law wife of alleged bomber Hassan Diab was "borderline" but nevertheless legal, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper reported.
Diab, a Canadian-Lebanese national, is accused in a Paris bombing nearly three decades ago that killed four people when a bomb planted in a motorcycle saddlebag outside the Copernic Street synagogue exploded.
The attack in the city's upscale 16th arrondissement killed three Frenchmen and a young Israeli woman, and injured dozens.
Diab, who faces possible extradition to France to be tried for murder, attempted murder and willful destruction of property, has claimed he was a victim of mistaken identity and denied any links to extremist organizations.
The judge also is reviewing whether the contents of a second computer seized by Canadian federal police at the couple's home should be handed over to French officials, the Ottawa Citizen reported.
An attorney for Diab's common law wife Rania Tfaily had argued that police were on a "fishing expedition" when they seized the computers.
Both computers are owned by Carleton University in Ottawa, where Tfaily is a professor and Diab used to teach.