One of the jurors hearing evidence in the murder-conspiracy trial surrounding the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., has been dismissed for falling asleep in the courtroom.

Court of King91裸聊视频檚 Bench Justice David Labrenz told jurors Friday he became aware the female juror was nodding off during testimony in the trial of Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert.

91裸聊视频淭he juror had difficulty remaining awake and had been observed on several occasions to have been dozing during the evidence,91裸聊视频� he told the panel.

91裸聊视频淓ach of you need to hear the evidence and be in a position later to discuss the evidence and your impressions of the evidence with your fellow jurors when you91裸聊视频檙e deliberating.91裸聊视频�

Labrenz told the jurors to let him know if they ever need a break to walk, stretch or get a snack.

91裸聊视频淎t times listening to evidence can be quite tiring. Sometimes it91裸聊视频檚 not like a scripted television show,91裸聊视频� he said.

The 14-member jury 91裸聊视频� five men and nine women 91裸聊视频� is now down to 13.

They have been hearing evidence for a month in Lethbridge, Alta.

When they retire to consider a verdict, one of them will be excused to bring the final number of deliberators to 12.

Two additional jurors were excused before the trial even began, including one who told court her sister91裸聊视频檚 boyfriend was a cellmate of one of the accused.

Olienick and Carbert were arrested in early 2022 after participating in a blockade to protest COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates at the busy Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts. The roadblock stymied traffic for two weeks.

It ended peacefully and quickly after police made arrests and seized weapons and body armour near the protest site. More weapons, ammunition and two pipe bombs were later found at Olienick91裸聊视频檚 home.

An RCMP forensics expert testified Friday that the powder inside the pipes was explosive.

So far, the jurors have heard the Crown making its case.

It has presented text messages from the accused as evidence, along with weapon seizures and testimony from undercover officers.

The officers, posing as volunteers at the blockade, told court that Olienick said he believed Mounties were the tools of 91裸聊视频渄evil91裸聊视频� Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and deserved to be hanged. The officers testified that Olienick said if police raided the blockade, he would 91裸聊视频渟lit their throats.91裸聊视频�

In a police interrogation video shown to the jury, Olienick denied targeting police but said he feared an invasion by United Nations troops or Chinese communists.

He characterized himself and others as 91裸聊视频渟heepdogs91裸聊视频� protecting 91裸聊视频渢he flock91裸聊视频� from tyrannical invaders.

The jurors have also been shown text messages from both accused.

In one, Carbert warns his mother of war and says he is prepared to die, telling her, 91裸聊视频淭he sooner you wake up to what91裸聊视频檚 happening the sooner you91裸聊视频檒l understand why I have to do what I have to do.91裸聊视频�

Olienick, in a series of messages, characterizes the blockade as an apocalyptic last stand against a satanic government.

In one text, Olienick says he may not make it out alive, telling a friend, 91裸聊视频淚f I die, feed my cat and take my guns.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频� By Jeremy Simes in Regina

The Canadian Press