The trial for a former bar security officer charged with manslaughter continued in a Halifax courtroom Tuesday, with testimony from paramedics, bar staff, and a cousin of the victim who witnessed the events of Christmas Eve 2022.

Alexander Pishori Levy, 40, is charged with manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death in the homicide of Ryan Sawyer.

At the time, Levy was employed as security staff at the Halifax Alehouse bar in downtown Halifax.

Around 1:15 a.m. on Dec. 24, 2022, police responded to a disturbance involving several people in the 1700-block of Brunswick Street. When officers arrived, they found Sawyer, who was from Ajax, Ont., unresponsive on the sidewalk of Prince Street, near the Halifax Alehouse.

The 31-year-old was transported to the hospital, where he later

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