A former bar owner has been sentenced to home detention for a second time after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of a Blenheim patron he evicted from his bar.
Matthew Heagney, 24, was removed from Shapeshifters Bar in August, 2009 by Kevin King and two other staff members.
Mr Heagney suffered severe head injuries as a result of hitting the pavement and later died in hospital.
At the High Court in Wellington today, King, 53, was sentenced on one charge of manslaughter to which he had earlier pleaded guilty.
The judge ordered him to serve 10 months and 22 days home detention.
