A former bouncer has been convicted of manslaughter after attacking a man he thought had made a racist comment when he was actually talking about chips.
Laurence Fraser, 43, punched Martin Johnson outside a takeaway in Harlow, Essex in May 2004 after hearing him say "there were too many black ones".
Mr Johnson never recovered from the blow, and died later in hospital.
Fraser, of Wharley Hook, Harlow, was sentenced to four years at Chelmsford Crown Court on Thursday.
The court heard Fraser, a former nightclub doorman, had eight previous convictions for causing actual bodily harm.
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