Jailed Coutts Protester Receives Bail Pending Appeal of Mischief, Weapons Charges

Jailed Coutts Protester Receives Bail Pending Appeal of Mischief, Weapons Charges
A police vehicle looks out over an empty highway in Coutts, Alta., after the border protest ended, on Feb. 15, 2022. The Canadian Press
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One of the two men convicted last year for mischief and weapon possession during the Coutts, Alta., border blockade has been granted bail as he appeals his conviction and six-and-a-half year sentence.
Alberta appeal court Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf granted Chris Carbert’s release in a June 30 ruling. She noted that “despite the serious nature of the offences at issue” Carbert had established his detention was “not necessary in the public interest.”
Jennifer Cowan
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Jennifer Cowan is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.