Overview
- Paramedic Glen Scentner testified he arrived to find Ryan Sawyer without a pulse or effective breathing, with an AED already attached, and he described airway obstruction from vomit and clenched teeth before transport to hospital where Sawyer died.
- Halifax Constable Jairus Lamphier told the court he saw Alexander Pishori Levy holding Sawyer in a strong chokehold, described Sawyer as limp and purple, physically removed Levy’s arms, and began CPR until paramedics took over.
- Video shown in court portrays a chaotic street fight outside the Halifax Alehouse that ended with officers attempting to revive a lifeless Sawyer.
- Security staffer Jason Fraser testified he directed the Sawyer brothers outside after an indoor altercation, observed Kyle Sawyer becoming agitated, and later saw two struggles on the ground before police arrived.
- The proceedings are before Justice James Chipman, and the case has coincided with a provincial plan to require training and background checks for bar security staff.