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The B.C. Prosecution Service is seeking custodial sentences for three Coastal GasLink pipeline opponents convicted last year of criminal contempt for blockading a worksite near Houston.

Crown counsel Paul Backman laid out the ask to Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen as the sentencing hearing for Sleydo' (Molly Wickham), Shaylynn Sampson, and Corey Jocko got underway in Smithers this morning (Oct. 15).

Backman said the Crown believes an appropriate sentence for Sleydo' is 30 days given her leadership role in the blockade. This would be reduced by eight days for time-served on remand after her arrest on Nov. 19.

The prosecution also recommended a further reduction of two to five days for excessive force and racial abuse the defendants were subjected t

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