A 56 year old Canadian female identified as Pascale Celine Veronique Ferrier has been handed a 22 year prison sentence for sending letters poisoned with ricin to former US president, Donald Trump. The deadly envelope addressed to Mr Trump had been intercepted by the FBI in September 2020 before delivery to the White House. The Bureau found Pascale Ferrier's fingerprints on the letter addressed to Mr Trump, urging him to drop out of the presidential race.
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Ferrier who pled guilty to biological weapon charges, told the court that she regretted that her plan had failed and that she "couldn't stop Trump". In a lengthy speech in the courtroom, she also said that she saw herself as an activist and not a terrorist. In her words: "I want to find peaceful means to achieve my goals". Ms Ferrier also confessed to have mailed 8 other poisoned letters to law enforcement officers across America. District Judge Dabney Friedrich sentenced Ms Ferrier to 262 months in prison. She will be deported from the US after serving her sentence and faces supervision for life if she ever returns.
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