The G20's Accused Two Years Later: Mandy Hiscocks

Carmelle Wolfson — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:33:25 +0000

For over two months now Amanda Hiscocks—known to most people as "Mandy"—has been in prison under maximum security. Her crime? Assisting in writing a callout for a G20 protest march in Toronto two years ago. At the time that the "Get Off the Fence" march took off on June 26, 2010, Hiscocks was already behind bars.

Off The Hour: Report on sentencing of Mandy Hiscocks, G20 arrestee

Tim McSorley — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:09:15 +0000

Interview with Toronto organizer SK Hussan & excerpts of Hiscocks' statement to the court

On Friday, Mandy Hiscocks, one of the seven out of 21 so-called "main G20 conspirators" who pleaded guilty last November, was sented to 16 months in prison on charges of counselling to commit mischief over $5,000 and counselling to obstruct police. Neither Mandy nor any of her co-accused were found guilty of conspiracy.