Closing arguments were delivered in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Monday in the manslaughter trial of a former bouncer accused of killing a patron three years ago.

While the Crown painted a picture of the events of Dec. 24, 2022, as the result of a “fit of rage,” the defence argued the bouncer’s actions were in self-defence and that death was “not a foreseeable outcome.”

Alexander Pishori Levy , 40, is charged with criminal negligence causing death and manslaughter in the death of Ryan Sawyer, 31.

At the time, Levy was employed as security staff at the now-closed Halifax Alehouse bar in downtown Halifax.

“Ryan Sawyer did not deserve to die that day,” said Crown prosecutor Robert Kennedy.

The Crown argued that on the night of Sawyer’s death, Levy was not motivated by self-defence bu

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