Posted: Feb 01, 2021 2:28 PM NT | Last Updated: February 3
Nicholas Villeneuve was acquitted of eight charges related to a two-vehicle crash that killed two people. (Garrett Barry/CBC)
A man acquitted of impaired driving walked out of a Gander courtroom a free man Monday but not before being confronted by a crowd of people who still believed he was responsible for a crash that killed two people.
Nicholas Villeneuve was acquitted Monday in provincial court of all eight charges he was facing. The decision came after the Crown attorney called no evidence in the trial against him.
Amanda Hiscock told Judge Mark Linehan that given the exclusion of several pieces of evidence, she had no reasonable chance of securing a conviction.