Two of the 4 males charged with conspiracy to homicide following the February 2022 Coutts border blockade have pleaded responsible to lesser costs, based on their attorneys and the Crown.
In an announcement to International Information, the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS) stated Chris Lysak and Jerry Morin entered responsible pleas in a Lethbridge courtroom on Tuesday to firearms associated costs.
On Feb. 15, 2022, Alberta RCMP stated Lysak and Morin, together with Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick, have been charged with conspiracy to commit homicide, possession of a weapon for a harmful objective and mischief, in reference to the blockade close to the village of Coutts, Alta., earlier that month. RCMP additionally stated Lysak was charged with uttering threats.
In an e mail, Lysak’s counsel Daniel J. Music stated Lysak maintains his innocence relating to all the costs.
Music stated Lysak pleaded responsible to possessing a licensed and registered handgun in a spot that was not approved and stated that on the conclusion of the sentencing, all the costs of the indictment have been withdrawn.
“To be clear, Mr. Lysak didn’t admit to possessing his handgun for a harmful objective. He didn’t attend the Coutts protests with the intent to hurt anybody,” Music, who was employed by Lysak in November 2023, stated. “He admits that his firearm was loaded with ammunition on the time of police seizure, however denies having loaded and chambered the gun.”
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The ACPS stated Lysak was sentenced to a few years in jail, which was glad together with his two years in custody. The Crown additionally stated Lysek acquired a 10-year weapons prohibition, together with offering DNA, and forfeiting the firearms he presently owns to a different legitimate gun license holder.
Greg Dunn, Morin’s counsel, stated in an e mail that Morin “steadfastly maintained from the very starting” that he was not social gathering to any conspiracy to homicide RCMP. Dunn stated his shopper was “relieved and grateful” these costs have been withdrawn by the Crown.
“Furthermore the cost that Mr. Morin plead responsible to doesn’t counsel that Mr. Morin at any time took firearms into Coutts, solely that he agreed to,” Dunn stated within the assertion.
ACPS stated Morin pleaded responsible to conspiring to visitors firearms.
The Crown stated Morin acquired a 3.25-year jail sentence, which was glad by the 2 years already served and time spent in segregation. Like Lysak, Morin now has a 10-year weapons prohibition, was ordered to supply DNA and to switch his firearms to a different legitimate gun license holder.
Darryl Ruether, a spokesman for the Alberta Courtroom of King’s Bench, confirmed to The Canadian Press that each males have been launched from custody.
Music and Dunn stated their respective purchasers sit up for transferring on with their lives.
The matter in opposition to the remaining two accused continues in a Lethbridge courtroom with Justice Vaughan Hartigan in a jury trial.
–with information from The Canadian Press
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