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Trial delayed for men accused of conspiring to murder RCMP as lawyers ask for adjournment, change of venue

Trial delayed for men accused of conspiring to murder RCMP as lawyers ask for adjournment, change of venue

CBC
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 12:36 AM GMT

On what was supposed to be the first week of trial, lawyers for the four men accused of conspiring to murder RCMP officers during the border blockade and protests at Coutts, Alta., have asked a judge for an adjournment. Court also heard there will be an application to move the trial from Lethbridge to a different city.

Chris Carbert, Chris Lysak, Anthony Olienick and Jerry Morin were charged in February 2022. At the time charges were laid, RCMP said they had seized a cache of guns, body armour and ammunition in trailers near the protest site.

The three-week trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, the men are making a series of pre-trial applications before Court of King's Bench Justice David Labrenz.

A new date for the trial has not yet been set.

The 2022 blockade paralyzed the busy U.S. border crossing at Coutts for more than two weeks as protesters railed against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and broader pandemic health restrictions.

Besides the four men facing the conspiracy charges, more than a dozen others were also arrested and charged with less serious offences. Some of the charges have since been dropped. Two men have been convicted, and several others have yet to go on trial.

On Monday, dozens of supporters gathered at the Lethbridge courthouse for the beginning of the court case, prompting an increase in the presence of sheriffs and police. 

On Tuesday, defence lawyer Greg Dunn, who represents Morin, asked the judge for an adjournment related to an allegation prosecutors have not yet handed over all of the evidence connected to the investigation and that some disclosure came as late as Friday. 

Labrenz was told on Tuesday that lawyers will also ask for the court case to be moved from Lethbridge.

Dunn argued the men's constitutional rights have been violated because they are unable to make full answer and defence due to late and incomplete disclosure.

Disclosure is the evidence and information police and prosecutors have compiled to make a case against a person accused of a crime. The accused person's lawyer is entitled to that information so they can defend the client.

Dunn told the judge there have been 13 disclosure packages handed over from the Crown to defence lawyers, the most recent of which was on Friday.

RCMP Supt. Kevin Kunetzki, who was the deputy criminal operations officer for the Alberta RCMP when the Coutts protests occurred, testified in the adjournment application. 

He said that when he arrived in the area from Edmonton, he found the magnitude of the situation "almost unbelievable."

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