'Freedom Convoy' Organizer Pat King Guilty of Intimidation, Appeal Court Rules
The appeal court said King helped lead a coordinated effort to pressure Ottawa residents, and it ordered a new sentence after adding an intimidation conviction.
- On Friday, the Court of Appeal overturned Pat King's acquittal on intimidation, entered a conviction on that charge, and ordered a new sentencing hearing later this year at Ontario Superior Court.
- Crown prosecutors appealed after a trial judge convicted King on five charges but acquitted him of intimidation, arguing his February 2025 sentence of three months house arrest was too lenient against their 10-year prison request.
- Judges said there was "overwhelming evidence" King intended to gridlock downtown Ottawa streets and cause distress through continual horn honking before protesters arrived, concluding he played a central role in what the court described as a co-ordinated, targeted attack on residents aimed at forcing the Government of Canada to abandon COVID-19 policies.
- At fresh sentencing submissions later this year, King will face a new sentence reflecting both original convictions and the added intimidation conviction; reading Friday's decision to about 27,000 viewers, a tearful King said he would serve time behind bars with his head held high.
- The ruling carries implications for other Freedom Convoy cases, as co-defendants Tamara Lich and Chris Barber await their own Ontario Court of Appeal decisions, while King receives credit for 161 days already served in pretrial custody.
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Convoy Organizer Pat King’s Partial Acquittal Overturned by Appeal Court
The Ontario Court of Appeal has convicted Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King for intimidation, and ordered him to return for a re-sentencing hearing at a later date. King was previously convicted of several offences related to the 2022 trucker protests in downtown Ottawa, and received a conditional sentence and probation, but was acquitted of intimidation charges. However, prosecutors appealed one of the acquittals, arguing that King’s sentence …
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24 heuresPat King, one of the leaders of the "Freedom Convoy" that besieged Ottawa in 2022, will have to return to the Court.
This organizer of the Convoi de la liberté had already been convicted of mischief and incitement to mischief.
The Ontario Court of Appeal found Pat King, one of the organizers of the "Freedom Convoy", guilty of intimidation and ordered a new sentencing hearing.
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Convoy organizer Pat King guilty of intimidation, Appeal Court rules
OTTAWA — The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King is guilty of intimidation and has ordered a new sentencing hearing. King was charged with a number of offences for his leading role in the February 2022 demonstrati...
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