Boxing fan found not guilty of murdering 20-year-old man with single punch
Dean Skillin received a single punch after leaving the Waverley Hotel in Bangor with friendsBrandon Sillence, 25, of Bangor, denied murdering Dean Skillin in September last yearHe punched Mr Skillin with such force that the victim effectively died before he hit the ground, the court heard.Murder charge after death outside Bangor hotel
"What none of them knew at that time as they left the Waverley Hotel, was Dean Skillin had only minutes left to live," he told the jury. The prosecutor said Mr Skillin was taken by ambulance to Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, but declared dead the following morning.
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