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Accused in Coutts blockade trial feared food shortages, questioned COVID-19 vaccine
One of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says he was worried about government overreach, food shortages and the COVID-19 vaccine.
Chris Carbert began testifying in his own defence Thursday at the murder-conspiracy trial in Lethbridge.
He and Anthony Olienick are both charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the blockade, which tied up traffic for two weeks at the busy Canada-U.S. border crossing in a protest over COVID-19 rules.
Carbert told the jury that he didn’t trust the COVID-19 vaccine for him or his son.