Coutts border protesters expected to be sentenced
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A judge is expected to hand down sentences on Monday for two men convicted for their roles in the 2022 Coutts, Alta., border blockade.
A judge is expected to hand down sentences on Monday for two men convicted for their roles in the 2022 Coutts, Alta., border blockade.
Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were convicted last month of public mischief over $5,000 and possessing a firearm dangerous to the public peace. Olienick was also convicted of possessing a pipe bomb.
A jury found them not guilty of the most serious charge they faced: conspiracy to murder police officers.
The men were charged after RCMP found guns, ammunition and body armour in trailers near the blockade at the key Canada-U.S. border crossing.
The blockade was one of several held across the country to protest COVID-19 rules and vaccine mandates.
The Crown argued the two men should serve nine-year prison sentences.
“Mr. Carbert and Mr. Olienick believed they were at war. They were prepared to die for their cause. The very real risk is that a firefight would have occurred,” Crown prosecutor Steven Johnston told the sentencing hearing in August.
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