A Lethbridge judge has refused to release controversial Calgary preacher Artur Pawlowski, who is accused of inciting violence during the blockade at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing.
Pawlowski is charged with mischief over $5,000 and interrupting the operation of essential infrastructure under Alberta’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act.
On Wednesday, after a bail hearing that took place last week, provincial court Judge Erin Olsen ruled that Pawlowski cannot be released in part because he “will not follow court orders.”
Olsen’s decision comes a day after four men charged with conspiring to murder RCMP officers were also kept in custody while nine others facing less serious charges
