The Ontario Court of Appeal has convicted Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King for intimidation, and ordered him to return for a re-sentencing hearing at a later date.
King was previously convicted of several offences related to the 2022 trucker protests in downtown Ottawa, and received a conditional sentence and probation, but was acquitted of intimidation charges.
However, prosecutors appealed one of the acquittals, arguing that King’s sentence was too lenient, resulting in the appeal court’s ruling released July 17.
The Freedom Convoy was a loosely affiliated protest movement that saw participants park hundreds of trucks and vehicles in downtown Ottawa in early 2022 to demonstrate against restrictions and vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic….