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‘No regard for our law’: Crown wants Kelowna ‘Freedom Fighter’ sentenced to jail

David Lindsay, a leader of Kelowna’s self-proclaimed “Freedom Fighters,” has been found guilty of assaulting security guards while trying to enter an Interior Health building
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David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March. 1. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

A Kelowna Provincial courtroom was flooded with about 100 people on April 12, as a leader of Kelowna’s self-proclaimed group of “Freedom Fighters”, was to be sentenced after being found guilty of assault.

David Lindsay represented himself during his own sentencing hearing, and he alongside Crown prosecutor David Grabavac delivered closing submissions to Judge Cathaline Heinrichs in front of the very full courtroom.

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Jacqueline Gelineau

About the Author: Jacqueline Gelineau

I'm a reporter in the beginning stages of my career. I joined the team at Capital News in November 2021...
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