A father-of-four died after he was punched in the head by a man trying to move on a group socialising outside some flats in Hastings, a Hawkes Bay coroner has found.
Walsh Perston, 23, died after a blow to the head by Dylan Gerrard on May 11in 2010. At the time Mr Gerrard said he punched Mr Perston in self-defence.
Mr Gerrard was charged with manslaughter but a jury trial at the High Court in Napier in August last year found him not guilty.
The coroner's report into Mr Perston's death was released today.
It found he died from a haemorrhage caused from a blow to the head.