Jury hears accused at Coutts blockade surprised by murder-conspiracy charge

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Jury hears accused at Coutts blockade surprised by murder-conspiracy charge
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A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in February of this year.

A protester arrested at the 2022 border blockade at Coutts, Alta., appeared surprised when police told him he was being charged with conspiracy to commit murder.A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in February 2022. A protester arrested at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., appeared surprised when police told him he was being charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

"I don't know. It seems really bizarre. Just protesting for freedom to parking trucks," Olienick said. The men were arrested after Mounties found a cache of guns, body armour and ammunition in trailers in Coutts.His lawyer refused to allow the prosecution to skip ahead to when the interview would restart.

"You should never, in the course of this matter, infer from evidence of character or disposition that either accused is more likely to have committed the offences charged as against them," he said.

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