'Extremely disappointed': Family of homicide victim storms out of courtroom as judge reads decision

News: The family of the murder victim, after the judge acquitted two of the three defendants in the murder case, angrily left the court. The third defendant has also died since the incident.

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Four years ago, Scotty Peet, 27, was shot to death on Ashfield Street, south of Dundas Street in London, Ontario.
London police arrested and charged three people: Danny Douche, 40, Nicole Moyer, 35, of London and Jason Silster, 36, of Windsor.
All three were charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with Pitt's death and were free on bail.
The single-judge trial began last October and has been adjourned several times.
Today, before reading her verdict, Judge Patricia Moore told the court that she had sent her verdict for final editing and on Sunday, she was informed that one of the three defendants, Sylvester, was involved in a motorcycle accident in Windsor last month. , Ontario, is deceased.
After reviewing all the evidence heard during last year's three-week trial, Moore said he could not rely on the testimony of a key witness, who died before the trial began.
The main witness, Chris McNeil, who testified in a preliminary hearing and was able to connect all three defendants, said that on the day of Pete's death, Sylester asked him if he wanted to help him rob Pete, but He refused. He added that Muir said he would drive and Douche was also there.
That same night, McNeill received a phone call from a panicked Sylester saying, "Something went wrong."
"Jay [Sylster] said he wrapped the gun in his shirt and put it under a trash can and told me to go get it," McNeil testified.
During the trial, the court heard that Sylester had tried to wear a black shirt that was found by police behind a tire repair shop on Dundas Street, next to a rubbish bin and wrapped around a gun.
McNeil also testified that he received a phone call from the defendant, Danny Douche, who told him to report the car stolen. But McNeil said he did not know "this car was used in the murder."
The car was found, burned, with no forensic evidence to trace.
Judge Moore said that based on McNeil's lengthy criminal record, which included more than 36 convictions and previous incidents in which he had lied to police, he felt it was "unsafe to convict on his testimony."
Moore acquitted Douche and Muir of conspiracy to commit robbery and murder, but told the court he would have convicted Sylvester of Pete's death.
Before the trial began, Pitt's family members were told by Muir's attorney not to make threats or speak to the defendant or they would be ejected from the courtroom.
Additional court officers had to be called in during the proceedings.
After the verdict was read, Pitt's family started yelling at the defendants and stormed out of the courtroom.
Ronette Moxley-Lee, Pete's aunt, told CTV News shortly after the verdict was read that the family was "very disappointed."
"It's another blow to the family ... it's been four years since that day and we're going to walk out of here with sad faces and they can go back to their families," Moxley-Lee said.
Since Sylvester is dead, the manslaughter charge against him has been dropped.
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