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The husband at the centre of a Nova Scotia murder-for-hire sting has released a video address attempting to clear his name — despite a Supreme Court ruling that he pursued a “reign of terror” against the wife who tried to have him killed.

“I strongly believe the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the truth to the Canadian public in what is seemingly all one big cover-up,” said Michael Ryan in a YouTube video released Sunday.

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“The public is still deceived by Nicole Ryan’s false allegations that I was an abusive husband and my side of the story has still not been heard,” he said.

Speaking to Ms. Ryan, he said “you have painted the father of your child as a monster and, sadly, you put everything and everyone before your own daughter.”

In a Friday decision, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the acquittal of Nicole Ryan, a Nova Scotia high school teacher who, in 2008, approached an undercover RCMP officer with an offer of $25,000 to kill Mr. Ryan.