LIVE BLOG: Zexi Li to testify today in criminal trial of convoy protest organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber

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Editor’s note: This file will be updated throughout the day Monday as the trial continues. For up-to-the-minute coverage, follow along with our live blog below.

Lich and Barber stand co-accused of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation for their roles in the weeks-long protest that gridlocked streets in downtown Ottawa and left residents dismayed by its presence through much of January and February 2022. Barber faces an additional charge of counselling others to disobey a court order.

The Crown hopes to establish that Barber and Lich worked together in lockstep, so that evidence against one of them will apply to both.Li is also the lead plaintiff in a proposed class-action lawsuit against convoy organizers on behalf of downtown Ottawa residents, workers and business owners. The suit alleges people downtown suffered as thousands of protesters took over city streets with trucks and big-rigs for three weeks.

 

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