The sentencing was originally scheduled for late September.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts , Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.Three men convicted of helping lead and co-ordinate the border blockade at Coutts , Alta., in 2022 are to be sentenced next year.
In April, a jury found Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos and Gerhard Janzen guilty of one count each of mischief over $5,000. The sentencing was originally scheduled for late September, but it has been rescheduled for Jan. 9 and 10 in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench to give Van Huigenbos time to find a new lawyer.The three were charged for their roles in a blockade that tied up cross-border traffic between Canada and the United States at Coutts for two weeks in protest of COVID-19 rules and restrictions.Hacked U.S.
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