Attorney General applies to block disclosure of evidence 'sensitive' to national security in case against Trina Hunt's husband
Is Iain Hunt a government spy or a confidential informant? Could federal court blocking potentially 'injurious' or 'sensitive' evidence kill the case?
If it wasn’t bad enough for family and friends of Trina Hunt that her husband isn’t charged with her murder but only interference with a dead body, now even that could be in jeopardy because of a mysterious national security application.
Trina Hunt was reported missing by her husband Iain Hunt on Jan. 18, 2021 and her remains were found near home on March 29, 2021. Three months later, her husband Iain Rene Hunt, 52, was arrested and his home searched, but there wasn’t enough evidence to charge him with homicide or, at that time, anything.
Nearly four years later, on Feb. 4, 2025, Iain was charged with interference with a dead human body.
But last month, the Attorney General of Canada got involved with an application under Section 38 of the Canada Evidence Act to block disclosure of information that could be “potentially injurious” or “sensitive” to international relations, national defence, or national security.
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Experts interviewed in a Global News story from Tuesday (April 21, 2026) called this “extremely rare.”
“Obviously here somebody wants to protect some sensitive information that individuals somehow somewhere represents a risk for the federal government,” former CSIS intelligence officer Michel Juneau-Katsuya said.
So what could that be? It could refer to a spy or a confidential informant or somehow some evidence Iain Hunt has that could come out in this criminal case refers to espionage or other government secrets.
Fraser Valley criminal lawyer told Global the outcome of this application could be a stay of proceedings.
Trina’s cousin-in-law Stephanie Ibbott told Global News she was in a complete state of disbelief over this development.
“It make no sense.”
After Iain was charged, Trina’s cousin Brad Ibbott posted about their disappointment on the Facebook page dedicated to her: Justice for Trina Hunt.
“The last four years have been absolutely gut wrenching and today is no exception,” he posted on Feb. 4, 2025. “We are angry and beyond devastated that today’s charge against Iain Hunt, Trina’s former husband, only consists of indignity to human remains.
Iain Hunt’s last court appearance to face the charge was on March 2, 2026 in provincial court in Port Coquitlam. His case isn't scheduled for a pre-trial conference until Sept. 7, 2027.
He is not in custody nor has he been in custody at any time on this file.
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