VIA Rail terror plotters could get a new trial after key witness says judge called him a 'hero' during trial Adrian Humphreys © Provided by National Post Chiheb Esseghaier is led off a plane by an RCMP officer at Buttonville Airport just north of Toronto on April 23, 2013. Two men who plotted a terror attack to derail a VIA Rail passenger train travelling between Toronto and New York could get a new trial because the judge hearing their case allegedly called the FBI’s undercover agent, who was the key witness against them, “a hero,” during the trial. Chiheb Essegha...