Sonne acquitted of charges

Toronto G20 activist Byron Sonne has been acquitted of possessing explosives and counselling mischief.

The judge said the Crown had failed to prove Sonne planned to combine chemicals he had to make bombs.

Sonne, 39, who spent 11 months in jail before winning bail, was arrested just days before the tumultuous June 2010 summit.

Police seized numerous chemicals at his upscale home they said he planned to make into bombs.

The self-described security geek said they were for his rocketry hobby, an explanation the judge said was a plausible explanation.

Sonne also maintained he was trying to expose security gaps in the $1-billion summit security setup, something the judge said she accepted as a possibility.