Crown prosecutors are seeking jail time for Tamara Lich and co-accused, Chris Barber.
OTTAWA – Tamara Lich is back in court on Wednesday for sentencing submissions after her conviction for mischief. The mischief conviction arose from her participation in the 2022 Ottawa Freedom Convoy and comes after a 45-day trial - the longest in Canadian history for this type of charge. Crown prosecutors are seeking a seven year jail sentence for Lich and an eight year jail sentence for Lich's co-accused, Chris Barber. The Crown is also seeking to confiscate Barber's truck, "Big Red."
Although prosecutors initially charged Lich with six offences, she was only found guilty of two - mischief and counselling mischief. The prosecutor subsequently dropped the charge of counselling mischief after the mischief conviction. Justice Perkins-McVey will now consider the appropriate sentence for the sole mischief conviction after hearing submissions from counsel for Lich, Lawrence Greenspon and Eric Granger.
TDF litigation director, Mark Joseph, will be live-tweeting the hearing all week.
TDF has funded the defence of Tamara Lich and will continue to do so should the sentence be appealed.
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