TIMOTHY APPLEBY

London , Ont. Canada, November 10, 2006 – Ahmed Moalin-Mohamed's court date in London, Ont., came and went yesterday with no sign of the 23-year-old fugitive, who jumped bail in Toronto this week while awaiting trial on an array of gun-related charges, including attempted murder.

Two arrest warrants have been issued for Mr. Moalin-Mohamed -- one for breaching his bail conditions, the other for failing to show up yesterday in court, where prosecutors had planned to try to get his bail revoked.

His lawyer, Jennifer Penman, said she has no idea where he is and that neither do his worried relatives, with whom he was staying before he disappeared Monday morning. They've filed a missing-persons report.

Arrested Oct. 7 after a shooting in London that left four people wounded, Mr. Moalin-Mohamed was facing 13 charges, including attempted murder and three counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, when he was freed on bail two weeks ago.

Against the Crown's wishes, he was permitted to stay with his mother in her Etobicoke home provided he obey a curfew and stay away from London except for court appearances.

A single mother of eight children, his mother posted $500, the required half of a $1,000 bail bond. Meanwhile, a brother put up another $5,000, half of a $10,000 surety.

Mr. Moalin-Mohamed has no criminal record, and none of the wounds he allegedly inflicted on the four victims with a stolen handgun were life-threatening.

His release on bail, which Ms. Penman helped expedite, nonetheless created a stir in London after Police Chief Murray Faulkner criticized the court's move.

As guarantors of Mr. Moalin-Mohamed's bail conditions, the family was obliged to inform police if he vanished, which they did Tuesday.

Since then, speculation on his whereabouts has focused on Toronto, his hometown of London and Somalia, where he was born.

Source: The Globe and Mail