Man cleared of stag party death

The incident happened in Perth, Western Australia

An Australian man has been cleared on a legal technicality of killing a Welshman at his stag party.

Gavin Paul Williams, 24, from Glan Conwy, died after he fell and banged his head after being punched in the face outside his home in Perth, Western Australia.

Gavan Williams: Punched in the face

In August, Mr Williams's attacker, Murray Reo Hooper, was sentenced at Perth's District Court to six years in jail after being found guilty of grievous bodily harm.

He was found not guilty of manslaughter.

But three appeal judges agreed this week that the guilty verdict was unsafe and ordered a retrial on the lesser charge.

Mr Hooper - who had been drinking - went to Gavan Williams's house after his teenage son received a bloodied nose after trying to gatecrash the stag party.

He struck the Welshman once in the face causing him to fall backwards, hitting his head on the concrete driveway.

Mr Williams suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage.

He moved to Australia from his home in Conwy when he was 18.

His family in north Wales were said to be unhappy at the original verdict.