A man has been convicted of manslaughter in the death of an off-duty Abbotsford police officer in the Kootenay community of Nelson three years ago.
Constable Allan Young died at the age of 55 several days after he sustained a critical injury when he was struck in the head with a skateboard in July 2020.
The court heard Young was having dinner with his wife in downtown Nelson when he got up to confront an intoxicated man, Alex Willness, leading to the fatal incident.
The trial judge dismissed the self-defence claim from Willness, who is due back in court in August to set a date for his sentencing.
