COLLINGWOOD, ONT. -- A Collingwood, Ont. man who shot and killed two masked men during a home invasion two years ago is free. The Crown has withdrawn manslaughter charges against 57-year-old Cameron Gardiner for the deaths of 52-year-old Dean Copkov and 42-year-old Donovan Bass. The details of the case were previously under a publication ban that was lifted on Tuesday. According to court documents, Gardiner's lawyers argued the shootings were in self-defence. "When I first met Cameron, he was a broken man. He didn't understand why he was in custody. Once he recounted his story, I said, 'we are going to fight for you, and you need to lead us," said criminal attorney Elliott Willschick.