Denial of Bail for ‘Coutts Four’ Raises Concerns, Say Legal Experts

A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators blocks the highway at the U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., on Feb. 2, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

As the court trial continues for four men arrested in Coutts, Alberta, for allegedly conspiring to kill RCMP officers during the 2022 convoy protests, some law enforcement and legal experts claim that the denial of bail to the men is unusual, suggesting that the case is being “politically influenced.”

“The whole law about bail is you don’t keep people any longer than is absolutely necessary, because it is one of the worst violations of liberty and it’s tyrannical to keep people for a long period of time without a really good reason,” James Kitchen, chief litigator for Liberty Coalition Canada, told The Epoch Times.