Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are now facing five years in prison after Ottawa police laid several new charges against them, including intimidation..The two organizers are now jointly accused of mischief, counselling mischief, intimidation, counselling intimidation, counselling obstruction of police, and obstructing police..Prior to the Thursday hearing, Barber had four charges of counselling to commit mischief, counselling to disobey a court order, counselling to obstruct police and mischief..Previously, Lich only had one charge of counselling mischief..The two organizers were arrested on February 17, 2022, Barber was released on bail on February 18 while Lich was kept in custody until March 7..Convoy broadcaster Pat King also has also appeared in a court hearing Thursday..King is now jointly accused with convoy affiliate George Billings, facing 10 criminal counts..The charges include: counselling to commit mischief, counselling to commit intimidation, counselling to obstruct police, c.ounselling to obstruct peace officers, obstructing peace officers, mischief, intimidation, counselling to disobey a court order, disobeying a court order..Both King and Billings have remained in custody since their arrests on February 18 and February 20, respectively..The Freedom Convoy 2022 became a national movement attracting people from all over the country to protest in Ottawa, hoping to see action from the federal government to end all COVID-19 mandates..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
