An Auckland teenager has been sentenced to two years in jail for the one-punch death of a security guard. Now 18, Kokiri pleaded guilty to manslaughter in December and appeared in the High Court in Auckland for sentencing this morning. In victim impact statements read to the court Mr Milosavljevic's two sons wrote of how they had moved from Serbia to be with their father in 2017. The eldest son, now 20, said he was still broken by his father's death and would always have a hole his heart. Judge Pheroze Jagose sentenced Kokiri to two years' imprisonment, however gave leave for it to be replaced by home detention if a suitable property could be found.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 19, 2019 21:56 UTC