Chris Barber and Tamara Lich have been found guilty of one of the several charges against them for their roles in the 2022 truck convoy protest in Ottawa.
Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey found the pair guilty of counselling others to commit mischief Thursday at the Ottawa Courthouse.
The proceedings then took a break before moving on to the other six charges, including intimidation and obstructing police.
In January and February 2022, Barber and Lich led thousands of people and brought trucks to Ottawa, protesting pandemic mandates and other federal Liberal government policies.
The Freedom Convoy protests led to significant disruptions, prompting the federal government to invoke the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history. Whether invoking the act was legal is still being litigated.
Pat King and other prominent figures in the protests were found guilty on similar charges.
Both Barber and Lich had pleaded not guilty to all charges and the trial concluded in September 2024.
Lich told CBC News last year that she would appeal a guilty verdict.
More to come.
