No criminal charges will be filed against a fellow ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the 2023 death of NHL player Adam Johnson, prosecutors announced Monday.
April 29 No criminal charges will be filed against a fellow ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the 2023 death of NHL player Adam Johnson, prosecutors announced Monday.
«We have concluded that there is not a realistic prospect of conviction for any criminal offense», Yorkshire and Humberside’s deputy chief crown prosecutor Michael Quinn said in a statement.
Johnson, 29, died October 28, 2023, following a deadly neck injury characterized as a «freak accident» in an on-ice collision with the Sheffield Steelers’ Matt Petgrave during a game in Britain’s top hockey league with Johnson’s Nottingham Panthers in front of some 8,000 spectators.
In November 2023, South Yorkshire Police revealed that officers had arrested an unnamed man in connection to the fatal incident, and had worked with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to determined if criminal charges should be issued.
