A Brisbane court heard the accused was armed with a crowbar when his mate delivered a deadly punch to 37-year-old Shannon Finemore.
The 37-year-old and Scott McGillivrey were walking home in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley when two men came down from a first floor apartment to confront them.
Collins believed the men were mocking him over an argument he had been having with his partner on his apartment balcony. Collins didn't use the crowbar but Hoodless, now aged 31, punched Finemore in the head, causing him to fall to the ground.Finemore died days later in hospital, with his mother telling the court the family had to make the heart-wrenching decision to discontinue his life support.Former police officer dies after assault at Queensland hospitalCollins, now 32, was not the principal offender and remained at the scene when Finemore was obviously seriously injured.
"Perhaps, like in this matter … it sets the tone of what's to follow when someone goes with a weapon," Brisbane Supreme Court Justice Melanie Hindman said during submissions.
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