Chris Barber, Tamara Lich found guilty of mischief for roles in Freedom Convoy

David Fraser · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 03, 2025 2:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Chris Barber and Tamara Lich person been recovered blameworthy of 1 of the respective charges against them for their roles successful the 2022 motortruck convoy protestation successful Ottawa.

Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey found the brace blameworthy of counselling others to perpetrate mischief Thursday at the Ottawa Courthouse.

The proceedings past took a interruption earlier moving connected to the different six charges, including intimidation and obstructing police.

In January and February 2022, Barber and Lich led thousands of radical and brought trucks to Ottawa, protesting pandemic mandates and different national Liberal authorities policies.

The Freedom Convoy protests led to important disruptions, prompting the national authorities to invoke the Emergencies Act for the archetypal clip successful Canadian history. Whether invoking the enactment was ineligible is inactive being litigated.

Pat King and other salient figures successful the protests were found blameworthy connected akin charges.

Both Barber and Lich had pleaded not blameworthy to each charges and the proceedings concluded successful September 2024.

Lich told CBC News past twelvemonth that she would entreaty appeal a blameworthy verdict.

More to come.