UPDATE: Judge sentences grandmother to 7 days in jail for pipeline protest

Laurie Embree, 70, is arrested for violating Trans Mountain's court injunction at the Westridge Marine Terminal on June 19

Photograph By Kelvin Gawley

“The older population of otherwise good standing in the community, without a criminal record is the population that must be deterred,” Crown Prosecutor Monte Rattan said, prompting laughter from the gallery filled with supporters of the protesters."  who successfully argued for two women over the age of 65 to be jailed for violating an injunction protecting Kinder Morgan’s work in Burnaby.
On Tuesday, Crown prosecutor Monte Rattan called on Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Affleck to impose the full seven-day jail sentence on Laurie Embree and Constance Lasheras for their protests in Burnaby.

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