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Corey Hurren was originally charged with 21 weapons charges and for threatening the prime minister, but in February he pleaded guilty to seven gun charges and a mischief charge for damaging the Rideau Hall gate. Photo by GrindHouse Fine Foods /Facebook Article content A Canadian soldier who crashed his truck through security gates around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s home and prowled the grounds with three loaded guns was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday. “Corey Hurren committed a politically motivated armed assault intended to intimidate Canada’s elected government,”...

Armed soldier who crashed through Trudeau's gate was 'prepared to die,' court told 'Corey Hurren was prepared to die for his cause. He believed his message was that important,' a Crown prosecutor said at Tuesday’s sentencing hearing Author of the article: Adrian Humphreys Publishing date: Feb 23, 2021  •  February 23, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  An RCMP police officer looks in the cab of a pickup truck on the grounds of Rideau Hall on July 2. A man who had trafficked in QAnon material was charged with ramming the truck into the grounds of the prime minister. Photo by Adri...

  OTTAWA -- Crown prosecutors are asking that a Manitoba man who rammed a gate at Rideau Hall before arming himself and heading on foot toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's home last summer be sentenced to six years in prison, minus time served. The request came during sentencing arguments on Tuesday in the case of Corey Hurren, the 46-year-old sausage-maker and Canadian Ranger who pleaded guilty this month to eight charges in relation to the incident at Rideau Hall last July. Crown prosecutor Meaghan Cunningham told an Ottawa courtroom that Hurren's actions "were far from benign," an...