Crown asks court to reopen bail hearing for convoy organizer Pat King

OTTAWA — Prosecutors are asking an Ottawa court to reopen the bail hearing for a prominent organizer of the three-week convoy protest near Parliament Hill.

Pat King was arrested last Friday and faces charges of mischief, counselling to commit mischief, counselling to commit the offence of disobeying a court order and counselling to obstruct police.

Justice of the Peace Andrew Seymour was set to issue a ruling before the Crown made a rare request to reopen the hearing to submit new evidence.

Crown attorney Moiz Karimjee says the evidence relates to a 2016 firearms charge against King, which Karimjee argues shows King can’t be trusted to follow the terms of any release.