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The case against the man charged with first-degree murder of Burnaby teen Marrisa Shen involves 12,000 documents and more than 800 multimedia documents, including 53 hours of interviews and 900 photos, court heard on Tuesday.

Ibrahim Ali made a brief appearance in Vancouver provincial court to set another court appearance for March 5.

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His lawyer, Veen Aldosky, told court she has received most of the Crown’s disclosures in the case but was still awaiting the complete file. Ali, wearing prison reds, was present in the glassed-in dock in the courtroom and listened to proceedings through an Arabic interpreter.

Crown prosecutor Daniel Port said disclosure to defence was “substantially complete” but police were still translating the three days of interviews conducted in Arabic.

“We are working hard to get this voluminous amount of disclosure to my friend,” he said.

Meanwhile, outside about 30 protesters with signs saying “We want justice, law and order” and “Comprehensive security screening now” chanted “Vote out Trudeau!”