An Ontatrio court has sentenced Freedom Convoy Pat King to a three month conditional sentence for organizing the protests against the Trudeau government’s mandatory vaccinations and draconian Covid restrictions.
Crown prosecutors had asked for a 10-year sentence, the maximum penalty for mischief, in response to King’s role in the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest in downtown Ottawa that captured international attention.
WTOP reports: One of the most prominent figures from Canada’s trucker protests against COVID-19 restrictions in 2022 was sentenced to three months of house arrest on Wednesday.
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Pat King, 47, was found guilty in November of five criminal charges including mischief and disobeying a court order. He faced up to 10 years in prison.
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In its ruling Wednesday, an Ontario Superior Court judge gave King nine months credit for time already spent in custody before and during his trial.
On top of the house arrest, he will have to complete 100 hours of community service at a food bank or men’s shelter.
Two other organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, are awaiting the outcomes of their trials. The February 2022 protests, dubbed the Freedom Convoy, were sparked by a Canadian government vaccine mandate for truck drivers crossing the U.S.-Canada border.
