LETHBRIDGE, Alberta — Jurors deciding the fate of two men accused of conspiring to murder police at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing were urged by a judge Wednesday to block out background noise in the high-profile case.

Justice David Labrenz told jurors to focus on the evidence.

“Try and reach a just verdict,” Labrenz said in his final instructions in the Court of King’s Bench trial in Lethbridge, Alta.

Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert are also charged with mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose{ai:summary}<p>In the dim light of a Lethbridge court, jurors wrestled with a weighty decision: two men, tangled in a plot to take down law enforcement at the Coutts border, stood before them, the stakes high and the air thick with tension. Justice Labrenz urged them to sift through the noise and find clarity. </p><p>As the gavel fell, their verdict would echo beyond the courtroom, a testament to justice in a world fraught with peril. #crime</p>

Murder-conspiracy trial of two Coutts border blockade protesters heads to jury

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