“I’m in the process of shopping for lawyers right now,” King told the court on Monday. “Given the importance of this issue, I want to make sure we have the right representation.” King, 44, faces 10 charges in connection with his role during the “Freedom Convoy” protests that took place in downtown Ottawa for three weeks, including intimidation, police harassment and rioting. A co-accused, Tyson George Billings, also appeared in court Monday from the Quinte detention center in Napanee, Ont. King has been held in the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Center since his arrest on February 18. His case has been closed several times because he does not have a formal lawyer to represent him. “He was not my adviser,” King King Cal Rosemond, who represented him at the initial bail hearing, said Monday. King has two attorneys working on the bail hearing, scheduled for later this month. But he has no lawyer to try and spoke for himself in court on Monday. Crown lawyer Moiz Karimjee expressed concern that King’s case has been pending since February and raised the possibility that King could seek legal assistance if he so wished. King and Billings are charged with two counts of intimidation and obstruction of police. They also face charges of disorderly conduct, counseling for misconduct, counseling for obstructing police, counseling for intimidation, breach of court order and counseling for breach of court order. Billings, 44, also appeared in court on Monday and will appear again on April 19. He is being held at the Quinte Detention Center in Napanee, Ont.
