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The trial of peaceful Freedom Convoy protestor Guy Meister will be held on March 18, 19, and 24, 2025 - more than three years after his arrest. What about the Jordan Speedy Trial rule?
28 Sep, 2024 - Tactical officers were involved in arrest of Dinel and Meister. Window of vehicle that Meister was in was broken by a tactical officer, and Meister was arrested upon exiting vehicle. There was no riot. Common thread in all trucker cases. Arresting officer Laforest (tactical officer) arrested Meister. The law of mischief (1955) is not intended to arrest peaceful protestors. City of Ottawa has responsibility to remove obstructions.
28 Sep 2024 - Romlewski case (self represented) is moving through the court of appeal. Appeared before Judge Wadden, appealed to Superior Court of Appeal - 100 page decision written by Judge Doyle.
28 Sep 2024 - Judge dismissed Dinel arguement on Sep 5th, 2024. No reasons were given. On September 24, 2024 was Meister Decision - Judge Brunet rejected the defendent motion for non-suit and gave reasons that did not address the legal arguments. Trial coordination office was late in providing court dates. Next time in court is January 30, 31 and Feb 28th, 2025 for Dinel. Oct 7, 2024 - Meister case to be spoken to and 3 dates to complete trial.
Lawyer for the defense is using legal description of charges from 1955. Laws were re-numbered and difficult to find. Better description of law. Corporeal Property, Municipal Highways and Incorporeal Rights. Property to be damaged must be corporeal. These are new definitions that help the case.
15 November 2023 - Ottawa case - charges dropped against David Robinson of Quebec (Judge Webber, Brian Doody defense lawyer). Live X blogger (Amanda Purdy, Legally Purdy), in courtroom has 7,000 views.
Judge tried to remove her but she stood her ground. Resistance movement is growing. Windsor court case, week of Oct 17, 2023, Crown offered settlement to a Trucker #7, with no time served. Deal accepted, and no media coverage. Crown could not win on facts. We take this as a win. Ottawa cases are getting close to Jordan (speedy trial rule) expiry.
January 4-5, 2024 - Jordan Application discussed in Ottawa Courtroom on January 4-5th, 2024, for Meister Case, and appears to be valid, based on greater than an 18+ month delay. Documents were discovered to be lost or gone missing (missing exhibits), at the end of the day Friday. Next court date for Meister is Feb 8, 2024. See Legally Purdy on X for details on Thursday case. Amanda Purdy (Legally Purdy) also has an account on LinkedIn. She is the only blogger / media covering this case from the courtroom. Crown Attorney looked unhappy at the end of the week. The case is now about the Highway Safety Act, which is hardly criminal in nature, but more about a parking ticket.
Feb 1, 2 of 2024 - Robert Dinel case, under cross examination of Senior Officer, it was discovered that there was previously undisclosed evidence, of 2 hours of video. This was at processing centre located on 1431 Conroy Road. This is considered a "Brady Violation" in the USA. See Legally Purdy on X (Twitter). No right to Counsel was given. Next appearance for Dinner is Aug 6, 7 and 8. More cross examination on videos. Meister case is Feb 8th.
Prosecution
Prosecution can't defend their case and are using document dumps to delay the case. No decision yet after 2+ years.
Canadian Truckers - What is Next?
The Ottawa cases should have been dismissed, with the Jordan (Speedy Trial) motions. The Jordan decision requires a trial to be held within 18 months after charges are laid (Provincial Court). With the delays initiated by the Crown, cases are well past the 18 month hurdle. Judges ignored this rule of law.