LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A lawyer for Anthony Olienick says he went to the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., to make a peaceful statement but was instead ensnared by flirting, lying female Mounties.

Marilyn Burns, in her closing argument to a jury in Lethbridge, Alta., on Tuesday, said Olienick was a victim of a “disastrous police investigation.”

Olienick and Chris Carbert are charged with conspiring to murder police after a cache of guns, body armour and ammunition was found in trailers at Coutts in early 2022.

The lawyer also accused an officer of flirting with Anthony Olienick to obtain information, which would violate legal and ethical rules{ai:summary}<p>In a courtroom drama worthy of the cheap seats, Anthony Olienick's lawyer claimed her client sought peace at the Coutts blockade but fell into a web of deceit spun by the Mounties, turning his stand into a scandal. </p><p>Now, he and his accomplice face serious charges after a cache of weaponry turned their protest into a perilous plot. #crime</p>

Coutts murder-conspiracy accused is a victim of lying RCMP, lawyer tells trial

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