Judge denies bail for protester charged in Coutts border blockade

May 27, 2022 | 2:34 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A judge has denied bail for a man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade in southern Alberta.

Chris Carbert, 45, appeared by video in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday, May 27, 2022, to hear the decision after a bail hearing last Friday.

The reasons for Justice Johnna Kubik’s ruling are protected by a publication ban.

Carbert and three other men are accused of conspiring to kill police officers at a blockade near Coutts, AB, in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions.

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One of the men, Christopher Lysak, was denied bail in March.

Anthony Olienick, whose bail hearing began this morning, and Jerry Morin, also remain in custody.

In a separate Lethbridge courtroom on Friday, the lawyer for Artur Pawlowski informed a judge of his intentions to set trial dates on June 6, 2022. Pawlowski is charged with one count each of destroying essential infrastructure without lawful right/justification/excuse, interfering with property over $5,000, and failing to comply with release order conditions.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 27, 2022.

The Canadian Press

by David Opinko/LNN, with files from The Canadian Press

Judge denies bail for protester charged in Coutts border blockade

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