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| Oliver Dearlove death: Trevor Timon cleared of murder | Oliver Dearlove death: Trevor Timon cleared of murder |
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| An unemployed plasterer who killed a banker with a single punch on a night out in south-east London has been cleared of his murder. | An unemployed plasterer who killed a banker with a single punch on a night out in south-east London has been cleared of his murder. |
| Trevor Timon hit Oliver Dearlove while he and friends were talking to a group of women in Blackheath in August 2016. | Trevor Timon hit Oliver Dearlove while he and friends were talking to a group of women in Blackheath in August 2016. |
| Timon, aged 31, from Plumstead, had admitted manslaughter but denied murdering Mr Dearlove. | Timon, aged 31, from Plumstead, had admitted manslaughter but denied murdering Mr Dearlove. |
| He will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday. | He will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday. |
| How lives are devastated by a single blow | How lives are devastated by a single blow |
| Mr Dearlove had been drinking with former Portsmouth University friends on 27 August when members of the group were approached by Timon as they spoke to four women. | Mr Dearlove had been drinking with former Portsmouth University friends on 27 August when members of the group were approached by Timon as they spoke to four women. |
| The 30-year-old, who lived with his girlfriend Claire Wheatley in New Eltham, was knocked unconscious when he was attacked. He died 24 hours later. | The 30-year-old, who lived with his girlfriend Claire Wheatley in New Eltham, was knocked unconscious when he was attacked. He died 24 hours later. |
| A post mortem found he suffered a traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage. | |
| One of the women told the court that she was having a "polite" conversation with Mr Dearlove, showing him baby pictures, when Timon walked towards them and asked "what's going on?". | One of the women told the court that she was having a "polite" conversation with Mr Dearlove, showing him baby pictures, when Timon walked towards them and asked "what's going on?". |
| Andrew Cook, one of the banker's friends, said Timon came from nowhere and "was looking for a fight". | Andrew Cook, one of the banker's friends, said Timon came from nowhere and "was looking for a fight". |
| He said: "We didn't know why, it all happened so quickly." | He said: "We didn't know why, it all happened so quickly." |
| Timon admitted telling Mr Dearlove he would "knock him out", but said it was a figure of speech and the result of being called a "half chap" by someone in the group. | Timon admitted telling Mr Dearlove he would "knock him out", but said it was a figure of speech and the result of being called a "half chap" by someone in the group. |
| He sent a series of messages to one of the women, saying he "never ever meant to do it" and was "sorry really from the bottom of my heart". | He sent a series of messages to one of the women, saying he "never ever meant to do it" and was "sorry really from the bottom of my heart". |
| During the trial, the jury also heard details of Timon's previous violent behaviour. | During the trial, the jury also heard details of Timon's previous violent behaviour. |
| These included angrily shouting at a bus driver while brandishing a golf club in February 2008 and punching a woman in the face in May 2010 when she was talking to another man. | These included angrily shouting at a bus driver while brandishing a golf club in February 2008 and punching a woman in the face in May 2010 when she was talking to another man. |
| In a statement, Mr Dearlove's mother Joy Wright said the "brutal and unnecessary killing... has left a gaping hole in our family". | |
| She described her son as a "quiet unassuming, modest boy" who had "been robbed of an amazing and fulfilled future". | |
| "Regardless of the sentence Timon receives, nothing will bring our Oli back," she said. |