LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the Coutts, Alta., border blockade have entered not guilty pleas on the first day of their jury trial.
Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were arrested in 2022 after RCMP found a cache of guns, body armour and ammunition in trailers.Olienick faces an additional charge of being in possession of a pipe bomb.The blockade, part of protests held across the country against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, paralyzed the busy Canada-United States border crossing for more than two weeks.
Justice David Labrenz instructed jurors to disregard their beliefs and avoid jumping to conclusions during the trial.“You will be asked to judge this fairly. It is your duty to set aside any of those biases.”This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 6, 2024.
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