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Ontario Superior Court Justice Kerry McVey convicted the young person of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group, and of facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm. The youth was found not guilty of facilitating terrorist activity by making instructional material and propaganda available. The individual, who cannot be identified due to age, had pleaded not guilty to all three charges. The trial began in April. 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