A man allegedly punched his friend to death after returning to their hotel to find he had "trashed" their room.
Liam O’Brien was charged with a single offence of manslaughter after Craig Fitzpatrick, 33, died following an assault in Heywood. The jury at Minshull Street Crown Court were told Mr O’Brien had booked into a two-day training session on installing flooring, which ran from January 13 to January 14 this year - as M.E.N reports.
Prosecutor Robert Dudley said the 37-year-old, of Leyfield Road in Liverpool, had arranged to stay over at the Village Hotel in Bury. The prosecutor added Mr Fitzpatrick had driven him over there on the evening of January 12.
