Trucker convoy organizer Tamara Lich appears in court, promises to leave Ottawa
Posted Feb 19, 2022 07:15:23 PM.
The husband of Ottawa protest convoy organizer Tamara Lich says he flew to Ottawa Feb. 2 on a private jet, the $5,000 cost of which was covered by a “really nice gentleman'' he doesn't really know.
Wayne Lich testified to that and other details at Saturday's bail hearing for his wife Tamara, who faces charges of counselling to commit mischief.
There was no publication ban on the evidence heard at the hearing, which is shedding new light on the inner workings of the convoy organizers.
Tamara Lich appeared in person, wearing a mask in the prisoner's box of an Ottawa courtroom.
Lich testified she just wants to return to Alberta to be with her husband and kids, and pledged a $5,000 bond, saying that was all she could afford.
She promised to leave Ottawa by vehicle and give up her advocacy of the protest, saying she would need several days to make those arrangements because she does not have the required vaccine passport enabling her to fly and because her bank accounts are now frozen.
Another prominent protest organizer, Pat King of Alberta, is expected to appear at a bail hearing early next week after he was arrested by police on Friday.
A third organizer, Chris Barber, was also arrested earlier in the week.
