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UPDATED: Freedom Convoy leaders Lich, Barber found guilty of mischief, not guilty of intimidation...
Freedom Convoy Organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been found guilty of mischief as "protest leaders" and "social influencers."
"The Crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Lich and Barber have committed mischief," said the Court of Ontario judge overseeing the mischief trial.
Lich and Barber each faced six charges of mischief, obstruction, intimidation and counselling others to do the same during the February 2022 protest against COVID-19 mandates in Ottawa. Barber faced a seventh charge for violating a court order.
Each defendant was found guilty of mischief, both as a principal offenders as well as aiders and abettors.
Lich and Barber were also found guilty of counseling mischief not committed, which is established when the statements made by [defendants] actively induce or incite another.
"The offense of counseling others to commit mischief is proven beyond a reasonable doubt," Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said, according to a post from Robert Kraychik from the courtroom.
There was some courtroom confusion as to whether this charge, though the judge said they were guilty, was stayed, as per the Crown's request.
The Western Standard will update this article upon clarification.
The intimidation and counselling others to intimidate charges were dropped against both Lich and Barber, as were the obstruction and counselling to obstruct justice charges.
Barber was found guilty on the charge of violating a court order. He was found to have encouraged honking even though there was an injunction on honking in downtown Ottawa at the time.
The judge will schedule a separate sentencing hearing, to be announced.
Justice Heather Perkins-McVey on Thursday at the beginning of Lich and Barber's verdict hearing said the Crown prosecutors Tim Radcliffe and Siobhan Wetscher did not have grounds to invoke the Carter Application, a conspiracy application that would find one guilty for the other's words or actions, and vice versa.
The Carter Application dismissal was a major win for Lich and Barber, but it was all downhill after that.