The accused, Patrick Gordon MacDonald, was charged with terrorism offences for participating in or contributing to the production of three recruitment videos for the Atomwaffen Division (AWD), a white supremacist terrorist group.
The court found that MacDonald participated in the production and online posting of these videos and other images promoting AWD’s violent neo-Nazi ideology, with the intent to recruit others and facilitate terrorist activity.
The court accepted expert evidence that AWD was a terrorist group in 2018-2019, and found that MacDonald’s actions met the requirements for participation, facilitation, and wilful promotion of hatred under the Criminal Code.
MacDonald was found guilty on all counts.
