NOT GUILTY! Jury acquits Coutts border blockaders of conspiracy to commit murder

Chris Carbert and Tony Olienick had been accused of conspiracy to commit murder against RCMP officers at the 2022 trucker convoy blockade at the Alberta-Montana border crossing in Coutts, Alberta.

Both men were denied bail and have spent almost two and a half years in prison awaiting trial.

Carbert and Olienick were two of the so-called Coutts Four who all faced related charges. The two other men, Chris Lysak and Jerry Morin, accepted a plea bargain from prosecutors, agreeing to plead guilty to minor firearms charges in return for time served.

The arrest of the Coutts Four was a spectacular and theatrical event, with the RCMP creating a dramatic display of seized firearms, purportedly belonging to the arrested men. Justin Trudeau immediately invoked the Emergencies Act, declaring a form of martial law, citing the Coutts arrests as his pretext. The use of that law was later found to be unconstitutional by the Federal Court.

The Lethbridge jury did find Carbert and Olienick guilty of relatively minor offences, including possession of a firearm for a dangerous purpose and mischief over $5,000. Olienick was also found guilty of possessing an explosive device, which he had argued was for industrial purposes. Given the lengthy time spent in custody, it is unlikely that the men will serve any more time serving a sentence.

This is a developing story.

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Ezra Levant

Rebel Commander

Ezra Levant is the founder and owner of Rebel News and the host of The Ezra Levant ShowHe is the author of multiple best-selling books, including Ethical Oil, The Libranos, China Virus, and most recently, Trudeau's Secret Plan.

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