Family of homicide victim storms out of courtroom as Judge reads decision [Video]

Emotions boiled over after a judge acquitted two out of three defendants in a manslaughter case, while the third accused has since died.

It’s been exactly four years to the day that Scotty Pate, 27, was shot and killed on Ashland Avenue, south of Dundas Street in London, Ont.

Days following the shooting, London police arrested and charged three people. Denny Doucet, 40, Nicole Moyer, 35, of London, and Jason Sylvestre, 36, of Windsor.

All three people were charged with manslaughter in connection with Pate’s death — all three were out on bail.

The judge-alone-trial began last October, and had been delayed a number of times.

Today, before reading her verdict, Justice Patricia Moore told the court she had sent off her decision for a final edit and on Sunday, she was notified that one of the three defendants, Sylvestre, passed away in a motorcycle crash last month in Windsor, Ont.

After reviewing all the evidence heard during the initial three-week …