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Alberta’s Top Court Upholds Convictions of Two Leaders of COVID-19 Border Blockade
The court rejected arguments that evidence was mishandled and upheld the pair’s convictions and six-and-a-half-year sentences.
- On Thursday, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the convictions of Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick, two leaders of the 2022 Coutts border blockade, in a judgment rejecting their appeals.
- The 2022 demonstration against COVID-19 vaccine mandates halted traffic for two weeks at the Sweetgrass-Coutts border crossing on Highway 4; RCMP arrested the pair after discovering weapons, ammunition, and body armour near the blockade.
- A three-judge panel rejected arguments that the trial judge made errors, ruling that Charter breaches were insufficient to overturn convictions for mischief over $5,000 and possession of a dangerous weapon.
- Carbert and Olienick were sentenced to 6 1/2 years for mischief and weapons offences; both remain free on bail pending a second hearing on their sentence appeals.
- A second hearing is expected to address challenges to their sentences as the court's judgment confirms the legal standing of the initial trial's guilty verdicts.
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Alberta's top court upholds convictions of leaders at 2022 Coutts blockade
Alberta's top court has upheld the convictions of two leaders of the COVID-19 border blockade at Coutts, Alta. The three-judge panel, in a judgment issued Thursday, also cited Charter breaches and other problems with the investigation. But the judges ruled the breaches were not severe enough to merit overturning the decisions of the trial court. "The appeals are both dismissed," the court stated. Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick were convicted…
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