Man Acquitted of Manslaughter Recounts Personal Struggle | York Region
When the verdict came down as not guilty, Veasna Sam cried his eyes out, realizing his own personal nightmare was finally over.
It was at a southeast Asian community dinner in Markham in 2010 that his world was turned entirely upside down.
Halfway through the night, after returning from having a cigarette outdoors, he noticed his friend, Sinhem Srun, was involved in fisticuffs with another guest.
It was at this point he moved quickly to break up the fight, he said, in an exclusive interview with yorkregion.com
In the aftermath of the skirmish, Vandin Svay, 28, a Newmarket man, would be stabbed to death and much of the night's drama caught on security camera.