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A former train conductor accused of tampering with railway tracks in Southwestern Ontario faces new charges for breaking his release conditions twice, court records show.
Wael El-Ghadban, 36, was arrested Feb. 1 following an Ontario Provincial Police investigation into several acts of mischief at rail lines in Middlesex and Oxford counties.
He is charged with mischief endangering human life for allegedly damaging “the railway shunting of CN Railways at Middlesex Centre, Zorra Township and London by connecting wires between rails of a train track,” according to court documents.
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After spending six days in custody, El-Ghadban was released on bail with conditions that barred him from CN property, ordered him not possess tools except for work and required him to live with his surety, the documents state.
El-Ghadban faces additional charges of failing to comply with a release condition on two separate occasions in Ottawa, where he now lives, the documents state. He’s accused of being on CN property without his surety on March 2 and leaving his house without his surety on March 15. El-Ghadban spent three days in custody before he was again released on bail.
The charge was for allegedly “tampering with CN Railway tracks” between Jan. 27 and Feb. 1, the documents state.
Two CN workers previously told The Free Press El-Ghadban worked as a conductor for the Montreal-headquartered rail company in Sarnia and London prior to being charged. Both workers asked not to be identified because neither was authorized to speak to the media. CN has declined to confirm whether El-Ghadban was an employee.
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