Defence Lawyer Says Crown Has No Grounds to Seize Freedom Convoy Organizer’s Truck ‘Big Red’

Defence Lawyer Says Crown Has No Grounds to Seize Freedom Convoy Organizer’s Truck ‘Big Red’
Chris Barber arrives at the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Nov. 3, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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OTTAWA—A lawyer representing Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber argued in court that the Crown can’t seize Barber’s long-haul truck “Big Red,” as the property has been neither seized previously nor subject to a restraint order.
“This is a very strange thing that the Crown is trying to do. It makes no sense within the statutory scheme,” lawyer Brendan Miller said in an Ottawa court on Sept. 12.