Jailed Coutts Protester Receives Bail Pending Appeal of Mischief, Weapons Charges

Coutts protester Chris Carbert granted bail pending appeal

Source: Wikimedia CommonsAuthor: Alex ZoltanBail pending appeal has been granted to one of two men serving a sentence for convictions related to the 2022 Coutts border blockade. Chris Carbert was previously acquitted, along with three others, of conspiring to murder RCMP officers but was sentenced to prison for mischief and a weapons charge.Carbert, 48, is currently serving a sentence of more than six years for mischief over $5,000 and possessio…

Jailed Coutts Protester Receives Bail Pending Appeal of Mischief, Weapons Charges

One of the two men convicted last year for mischief and weapon possession during the Coutts, Alta., border blockade has been granted bail as he appeals his conviction and six-and-a-half year sentence. Alberta appeal court Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf granted Chris Carbert’s release in a June 30 ruling. She noted that “despite the serious nature of the offences at issue” Carbert had established his detention was “not necessary in the public interest.”…