Pat King returns to the Ottawa Courthouse following a break on Nov. 22, 2024.
Pat King told an Ontario court he regrets his role in the Freedom Convoy and says his actions leading the 2022 protests in Ottawa have left him unable to sleep, fearing for his safety, experiencing online harassment and in financial ruin.Freedom Convoy figurehead Pat King has apologized for his role in the 2022 protests ahead of his sentencing next month.
In November, King was convicted in Ontario Superior Court on five criminal charges: mischief, counselling to commit mischief, counselling to obstruct a public or peace officer, and two counts of disobeying a court order.Crown prosecutor Moiz Karimjee called King's offending of the "worst kind" and asked for a 10-year sentence, the maximum penalty for mischief.
King's sentence will set precedent as the first convicted leader of the Freedom Convoy to face significant punishment. Others, includingFreedom Convoy organizer Pat King is surrounded by supporters as he leaves court in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 convoy in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.
In a July 2022 interview King gave to a supporter from jail, he credited the Freedom Convoy for ending COVID-19 mandates. He described King's actions as "an attack on the rule of law and democratic process" because King tried to change government policy by gridlocking the city.Hackland repeatedly suggested Karimjee's proposed sentence was too high, flatly stating at one point he "did not agree" that King's conviction met the high threshold for a 10-year sentence, while making clear he was still deliberating.
As the proceedings wrapped up Friday, Hackland said the range he had to consider was between time-served and a jail term of more than two years. "That's my impression," he said.The defence argues that King has already spent enough time in jail and should serve any sentence in the community.
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