OTTAWA — “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were both given 18-month conditional sentences Tuesday for their roles in the protest that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks.

Lich and Barber were found guilty of mischief in April, while Barber was also found guilty of an additional offence of counselling others to disobey a court order.

In an Ottawa courtroom packed with Lich and Barber supporters, Justice Heather Perkins-McVey sentenced Barber to 12 months of house arrest and another six months under a strict curfew.

Lich will serve 12 months of house arrest and 3.5 months under a curfew after getting credit for days spent in custody before she was convicted.

Both have a series of exemptions associated with their house arrests allowing them to work, attend medi

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