Two of the men accused in connection with an RCMP investigation during the 2022 Coutts border protest have plead guilty, an Alberta court announced.
On Feb. 14, 2022, RCMP charged 13 people with mischief and four with conspiracy to kill RCMP officers after seizing guns, body armour and high capacity magazines.
Morin and Lysak were both sentenced to time served, which considered they spent two years in custody before the verdict was issued.Morin's lawyer, Greg Dunn, issued a written statement saying that his client"steadfastly maintained from the very beginning that he played no part of any alleged conspiracy."
Daniel Song, Lysak's lawyer, said his client did not possess the handgun for a dangerous purpose and"did not attend the Coutts protests with the intent to harm anyone." Morin and Lysak were arrested along with 12 other people when an RCMP raid on a protest camp near the Coutts, Alta., border on Feb. 14, 2022, discovered a cache of firearms and ammunition.