Retrial in case of fatal fight

Retrial in case of fatal fight

Oct 15 2004

South London Press

A MAN accused of killing the cousin of former Manchester United striker Lou Macari with a single punch faces a retrial.

Scott Elliott, 21, allegedly floored 28-year-old Joseph Macari during a mass drunken brawl outside a kebab shop in Kennington. Mr Macari cracked his head on the pavement and died in hospital from head injuries on November 3 last year.

Elliott, of Elworth House, Oval Place, Oval, denies manslaughter. He did not give evidence but denied throwing the fatal punch.

An Old Bailey jury could not reach a verdict after two days' deliberation. The judge, Sir John Blofeld, discharged them and said there would probably be a retrial on a date yet to be decided.

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