Byron Sonne Catches New Criminal Charge
Byron Sonne has been in jail since June prior to the G20. After over a week of prelim hearings most of his dumbest charges, such as the possession of a “dangerous weapon” – a potato gun- have been dropped. His other charges such as mischief and intimidation of court workers have been swapped out for a new charge which would translate to ‘conspiracy to commit’ if he were charged in US courts.
From the Edmonton Journal here:
The presiding judge has seen fit to proceed with just one of the six initial charges against Sonne, along with one additional charge recommended by the Crown.
Sonne now faces trial on two offences: possession of explosive substances and counselling the commission of mischief that was not committed.
“We’ve known all along that he’s innocent. We believe he’ll be found innocent,” supporter Madison Kelly said, noting she hopes the case will spur a broader national discussion about civil liberties.
In the runup to the G20, Sonne had been meticulously documenting surveillance measures imposed on the city. He had also reportedly obtained a potato gun and ingredients to make triacetone triperoxide, a substance used famously by “shoe bomber” Richard Reid.
The article fails to mention that Sonne once planted fake bombs in his high school for his own mentally disturbed reasons. Nice to see that once again, Digimer, aka Madison Kelly, got her name in the paper associated with an accused bomber. Know what else the article fails to mention? Byron’s supposed common-law wife, Kristen Petersen. She hasn’t attended the hearings for Byron. I wonder if this means they are now common-law divorced?
Byron was living rent free in Kristen Petersen’s parents’ house and at the time of his arrest didn’t have a job. Some of his supporters fret that if Byron is magically cleared of charges if he will get back pay- from I suppose, Kristen Petersen’s parents, because in Toronto, sponging off your fake wife’s parents counts as employment.
Time to go out on a limb here with a prediction. Byron Sonne will be found guilty of the explosives charge. Whether or not he will be released with time served really depends on how the Crown feels about Byron’s bomb planting stunt in High School.
