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LIVE BLOG: Day six of the criminal trial of convoy protest organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber
Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said the question about whether the protest was peaceful doesn’t affect the charges Barber and Lich are facing, but could be an aggravating factor.
Editor’s note: This file will be updated throughout the day Tuesday while the trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber continues. For continuous coverage, follow our live blog below.
The trial of convoy protest organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber pushes on for day six Tuesday.
“This is not the trial of the Freedom Convoy,” Lich’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, told the court Monday, in a sentiment he’s raised so often in the first week of trial that it has become all but a catchphrase for the defence team.
The Crown has an entirely different view of the case.
“This is ultimately a trial about what happened in this city” during the protest, and what role Lich and Barber played in that, Crown attorney Siobhain Wetscher said.
The Crown wants to show exactly how disruption, intimidation and obstructions manifested after thousands of big rigs rolled into Ottawa in early 2022, blocking roads in what the city’s mayor at the time called a “siege” and an “illegal occupation.”
Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said the question about whether the protest was peaceful doesn’t affect the charges Barber and Lich are facing, but could be an aggravating factor.
Trial catch up — LIVE BLOG REPLAY: Day five of the criminal trial of convoy protest organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber
Lich and Barber stand co-accused of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation for their roles in the weeks-long protest that gridlocked streets in downtown Ottawa and left residents dismayed by its presence through much of January and February 2022. Barber faces an additional charge of counselling others to disobey a court order.
At the heart of the Crown’s case is whether Lich and Barber encouraged people to come to Ottawa and stay there, even as police ordered protesters to leave. The other question is whether doing so is considered illegal.
The Crown hopes to establish that Barber and Lich worked together in lockstep, so that evidence against one of them will apply to both.
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Hello, and welcome to our live blog of the criminal trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber. Reporter Aedan Helmer is at court to follow today's hearing. My name is Hannah Daley, I'm an editor at the Ottawa Citizen, and I'll be posting updates here on Helmer's behalf.
Crown attorney Siobhain Wetscher argued Monday that the Crown is entitled to call the evidence it sees fit to connect Lich and Barber’s words and actions to the residents and workers from downtown Ottawa.
“The Crown maintains the best evidence will come from the civilians,” she said.
Lich and Barber have already signed admissions that the “actions of certain individuals” who participated in the protest interfered with public transit and the lawful use and enjoyment of property and businesses.
“There’s is absolutely no need to call these nine witnesses,” Lich's lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, said Monday, arguing their testimony would be irrelevant in a strictly legal sense.
The Crown plans to call five residents as witnesses in the case to describe what they saw and experienced during the convoy protest. That includes Zexi Li, who filed a class-action lawsuit against the organizers on behalf of people who live and work in downtown Ottawa.
If they’re allowed to testify, the witnesses are expected to speak about the blocked streets, the constant sound of horns honking and truck engines running, the oppressive smell of exhaust, witnessing public urination and being unable to leave their homes, the Crown said.
Yesterday, the lawyers defending Lich and Barber attempted to block eight witnesses from Ottawa from taking the stand.