A jury has convicted a man charged with the alleged abduction of his seven-year-old daughter, in order to prevent her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

55-year-old Michael Gordon Jackson, of the Carievale district, was found guilty of Abduction in Regina Court of King’s Bench on Friday.

He is not in custody, and a sentencing date remains to be set.

In January of 2022, Saskatchewan RCMP issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for Jackson, after he was charged with Abduction in Contravention of a Custody or Parenting Order.

Police located Jackson and his daughter in Vernon, B.C., over a month later.