The unprovoked blow caused a bleed to the brain which resulted in his death
A man who killed a friend with a single punch in the street has been sent to prison for four years. Stephen Paylor, 48, from Heanor, hit Richard Mee and the unprovoked blow caused a bleed to the brain which ultimately killed him, depriving his daughter of her dad and leaving his family distraught.
Following a two-week trial at Derby Crown Court last month, a jury took just two hours to find Paylor guilty of the manslaughter of Mr Mee who he attacked with a single "haymaker" punch in the street. Paylor will serve two thirds of his sentence. In a victim impact statement made by Mr Mee's older sister, Susan Watson, and read to the court by prosecutor Dan Bishop, she said: "He had a heart of gold, he was very loving and caring, I can't belive how much I miss him. Richard did not do anything to deserve this and if he had not been hit that day he would still be with us."
"It did not knock him to the floor but caused him to stagger to his right towards a wall. He was able to carry on walking, with Stephen Paylor and Jack Dunn, and the three men visited a friend together. The prosecutor said there, Mr Mee's condition continued to deteriorate and he died there two days later. He said a post mortem examination carried out by Home Office pathologist Dr Stuart Hamilton, gave a cause of death as a subarachnoid haemorrhage, or bleeding to the brain.
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