From Global News.

The sentencing hearing for “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has started in Ottawa, months after the two were found guilty of mischief.

The Crown is seeking a prison sentence of seven years for Lich and eight years for Barber, who also was convicted of counselling others to disobey a court order.

Lich and Barber were key figures behind the convoy protest that occupied downtown Ottawa for three weeks beginning in late January 2022, protesting vaccine mandates and other pandemic measures.

Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said she found Lich and Barber guilty of mischief because they routinely encouraged people to join or remain at the protest, despite knowing the adverse effects it was having on downtown residents and businesses.

Barber was also found guilty of counselling others to disobey a court order for telling people to ignore a judge’s injunction directing convoy participants to stop honking their truck horns. Lich was not charged with that offence.

Global’s Amandalina Letterio reports.

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