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Manslaughter Charges Dropped Against Man Who Killed Attackers in Violent Home Invasion When Cameron Gardiner’s door was kicked in on the early-morning hours of Jan. 22, 2019, and three masked men burst into his home—one carrying a sawed-off shotgun—he and his girlfriend were watching a movie. After zip-tying the couple and Gardiner’s dog, the intruders took turns guarding them and searching the residence. What they didn’t know was that the robbery was all being recorded in real time via surveillance camera, which was linked to an app on the cellphone of Gardiner’s 19-year-old son,...

  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 The Crown has withdrawn manslaughter charges against 57-year-old Cameron Gardiner for the deaths of 52-year-old Dean Copkov and 42-year-old Donovan Bass.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 sai...

Article content Charges against Cameron Gardiner have been withdrawn in a case that began after two men who invaded his Collingwood home in early 2019 were shot dead. Initially Gardiner was charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of Dean Copkov and Donovan Bass on Jan. 22, 2019. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Manslaughter charges dropped against Collingwood man Back to video In November a judge committed him to stand trial on reduced charges of  manslaughter. On Tuesday the Crown withdrew those charges during a virtual Superior Court o...

Article content Charges against Cameron Gardiner have been withdrawn in a case that began after two men who invaded his Collingwood home in early 2019 were shot dead. Initially Gardiner was charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of Dean Copkov and Donovan Bass on Jan. 22, 2019. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Manslaughter charges dropped against Collingwood man Back to video In November a judge committed him to stand trial on reduced charges of  manslaughter. On Tuesday the Crown withdrew those charges during a virtual Superior Court o...