Accused in Coutts blockade murder-conspiracy trial victim of lying RCMP, says lawyer
- A lawyer for Anthony Olienick claims he went to the border blockade in Coutts, Alta., for a peaceful statement but was misled by undercover officers.
- The lawyer, Burns, asked jurors to ignore the officers' testimony, labeling it full of lies.
- Burns accused an undercover officer of flirting with Olienick to gather information, violating ethical standards.
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Murder-Conspiracy Trial Tied to Coutts, Alta., COVID-19 Blockade Set to Go to Jury
A jury is set to begin deliberating today the fate of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the Coutts, Alta., blockade in 2022. The panel has been hearing testimony for seven weeks in Court of King’s Bench in the case of Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert. The two were charged after police seized guns, ammunition and body armour at the blockade, which tied up traffic for two weeks at the U.S.-Alberta border to protest COVID-19 rules. …
·New York, United States
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Lawyer for Coutts accused says client ’bit of a wing nut,’ but not murder conspirator
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The defence lawyer for Chris Carbert says her client is "a bit of a wing nut" who fell down a conspiracy rabbit hole at the border blockade in Coutts, Alta., but that doesn't make him guilty of conspiring to kill police.
·Calgary, Canada
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