Charges laid against a Guelph activist over G20 blogging

KITCHENER — Julian Ichim is going to have another day in court.

The local activist, who helped lead the Occupy Guelph movement and various other recent protests in Guelph, has been charged with three counts of disobeying a court order and is scheduled to appear in a Toronto courtroom on Dec. 13. The charges were laid in relation to a post on a blog he started this month. Prior to being charged was warned by the OPP he would face charges if he didn’t excise a name in a post about an undercover officer who worked on the G20 case.

Ichim said he’s looking forward to the trial and won’t amend his blog.

“I actually thanked them for charging me,” he said. “The cops’ mouths just dropped.”

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