A four-week criminal trial has been scheduled for Freedom Convoy co-organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber starting in September..“Trial starts September 5 in Ottawa and goes until September 22, before taking a break and finishing October 11-13,” said True North senior journalist Andrew Lawton in a Tuesday tweet. .Lich and Barber were arrested for organizing the Freedom Convoy in 2022. .READ MORE: UPDATED: WATCH: Freedom Convoy organizers Barber, Lich arrested.Lich was arrested soon after predicting she would be. Moments before the arrest, she told fellow protestors to “hold the line.” .Barber was handcuffed and walked to a nearby police cruiser where he was searched, placed in it, and driven away. Another protestor said he would see him later as he was taken away. .Lich was ordered to be released from jail in July after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found errors in the decision to revoke her bail two weeks prior. .READ MORE: Tamara Lich is granted bail, again.Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman ruled the earlier order for her detainment was “inappropriate.”.Goodman said Ontario Superior Court Justice of the Peace Paul Harris had made erroneous conclusions and misinterpreted evidence against Lich when deciding she broke her bail conditions.
A four-week criminal trial has been scheduled for Freedom Convoy co-organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber starting in September..“Trial starts September 5 in Ottawa and goes until September 22, before taking a break and finishing October 11-13,” said True North senior journalist Andrew Lawton in a Tuesday tweet. .Lich and Barber were arrested for organizing the Freedom Convoy in 2022. .READ MORE: UPDATED: WATCH: Freedom Convoy organizers Barber, Lich arrested.Lich was arrested soon after predicting she would be. Moments before the arrest, she told fellow protestors to “hold the line.” .Barber was handcuffed and walked to a nearby police cruiser where he was searched, placed in it, and driven away. Another protestor said he would see him later as he was taken away. .Lich was ordered to be released from jail in July after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found errors in the decision to revoke her bail two weeks prior. .READ MORE: Tamara Lich is granted bail, again.Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman ruled the earlier order for her detainment was “inappropriate.”.Goodman said Ontario Superior Court Justice of the Peace Paul Harris had made erroneous conclusions and misinterpreted evidence against Lich when deciding she broke her bail conditions.
