The two are co-accused of mischief, intimidation and counselling others to break the law, and Barber is also accused of counselling others to disobey a court order
Two prominent “Freedom Convoy” organizers were strategizing as part of a team to gridlock downtown Ottawa from the beginning of the protest, the Crown said Wednesday as lawyers laid out final arguments in the criminal trial.
The Crown alleges the two were conspiring together so closely that evidence against one of them should apply to both. The text suggests “that she has the authority to make this decision, but she doesn’t want to exercise that authority by herself,” Radcliffe said.What followed was weeks of gridlock around the downtown core of Ottawa, the Crown said, though the defence has pointed out that not all streets were blocked.
The court has heard there was excessive noise from crowds, idling engines and honking air horns, an overwhelming smell of diesel and smoke, and some Ottawa residents and businesses faced harassment.
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