Demand for justice for killed Kiwi trucker

The brother of a Kiwi man killed in Perth while trying to stop a fight wants justice done.

Paul Nyman died earlier this month trying to jump on the back of a truck while intervening in a fight between two men.

He had lived in Australia for the past 30 years and leaves behind two girls, aged 10 and 11, who live in New Zealand.

Paul Nyman had only managed to make his first visit back to New Zealand in 28 years last January, giving family members precious final memories with him.

His brother Peter followed him back to Perth in April and worked in the same trucking company, Cockburn Transport.

He said they did a lot of catching up before he came back to New Zealand for a holiday. Three days later he had a visit from Hamilton police to tell him his younger brother had died.

"I am glad we managed to spend that time together before it happened," said Nyman.

The moments leading up to his death are still being investigated but Nyman said it started when a worker had turned up and got into a fight with the boss.

"This guy punched the boss and was told to leave the premises but instead he got in a truck."

Paul Nyman tried to intervene but fell off the truck and died at 11am on August 3.

Nyman said the worker had been charged with assault "which is really just a slap on the hand considering what happened, but police are looking at more charges".

His brother was well loved. Around 20 large trucks, some with painted tributes on the side, led a procession before the hearse.

One woman from a truck stop about 1800km away even made the journey to say goodbye.

"The trucking community is pretty tight," said Nyman.

He said he planned to stay working for the company.

"I made a commitment I was going to stick around for a while. I told him this wasn't going to be some fly-by-nighter."