Former RBC employee accused of accessing Carney’s profile still awaiting some evidence against him

The lawyer representing Ibrahim El-Hakim said his client will be back in court on Nov. 5

OTTAWA — The lawyer representing Ibrahim El-Hakim, the former RBC employee who allegedly accessed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s banking profile , said he is still awaiting some of the Crown’s evidence against his client and will be back in court on Nov. 5.

Criminal lawyer Ron Guertin appeared in the Ottawa courthouse on Wednesday to request that the matter related to his client be deferred for a few weeks, as he is still expecting some more “disclosure” to arrive. Disclosure refers to the package containing the prosecution’s evidence, and can include video footage, witness statements and more.

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Speaking to reporters afterwards, Guertin declined to go into detail about the evidenc