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Karen Sweeney

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Manslaughter trial after man s brain bleed | History Defined

Gene Griffiths has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter over a man's death following an altercation. (Mal Fairclough/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A man's death from a brain bleed days after a confrontation with a stranger in his front yard is a bridge too far to sustain a manslaughter conviction, Melbourne jurors have been told.

After a knock at the door at the front of his Boronia home, Alan Wain discovered a stranger who claimed he had slept the night in a caravan in the yard.

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