A youth has been found guilty of terrorism-related offences connected to an alleged 2023 plot targeting Jewish people in the country’s capital.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Kerry McVey found the male youth guilty of two out of three charges in an Ottawa courtroom on Oct. 16.
McVey said the young person was guilty of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group and of facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm. He was found not guilty of facilitating terrorist activity by making instructional material and propaganda available.
The youth had entered not guilty pleas to all three charges. He cannot be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act….