The manslaughter charge could have meant up to 15 years.
They said that there was no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter.
He is to serve five years in prison on the manslaughter charges.
He was found not guilty on 13 charges of manslaughter.
This case will proceed on the one charge of manslaughter.
Against Dale the matter was not so clear, a charge of manslaughter being considered.
Surely, in any case, it could only be a charge of manslaughter brought against them.
A manslaughter charge has been laid against one of the two officers involved.
He claimed a charge of manslaughter would be more appropriate.
There were charges of manslaughter brought, he said, against two skiing officials.