OTTAWA — Two prominent Freedom Convoy organizers were strategizing as part of a team to gridlock downtown Ottawa from the beginning of the protest, the Crown said Wednesday as lawyers laid out final arguments in the criminal trial.

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are co-accused of mischief, intimidation and counselling others to break the law, and Barber is also accused of counselling others to disobey a court order.

Prosecutors allege that Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were conspiring together so closely that evidence against one should apply to both.{ai:summary}<p>In a courtroom that smelled of desperation, two key figures from the Freedom Convoy, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, faced the music. Charges of mischief and intimidation hung over them like a thick fog as the Crown peeled back layers of their plot to choke Ottawa’s streets.</p><p>As the final arguments unfolded, the air crackled with tension, each lawyer's words heavy with the weight of consequence, hinting at a showdown between order and rebellion. #politics</p>

Crown makes its case against Freedom Convoy organizers Lich, Barber in final arguments

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