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A 31-year-old plasterer who killed a banker with a single punch has been cleared of a murder charge. A man who killed a banker with a single punch has been cleared of his murder.
Trevor Timon had already pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but was today found not guilty of the more serious murder count by a jury, after delivering a "powerful" left hook to Mr Dearlove's head and knocking him unconscious. Trevor Timon delivered a "powerful" left hook Oliver Dearlove, knocking him unconscious, the jury at London's Old Bailey heard.
The defendant, who had a history of violence, denied intending to seriously hurt the 30-year-old and said he was just "pissed off" at one of his friends for making a racist comment. The 31-year-old plasterer, had already pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but was found not guilty of the more serious murder charge.
Mr Dearlove, who worked as a relationship manager at Duncan Lawrie Private Bank and previously at Couttes, the bank used by the Queen, was eating and drinking with old University of Portsmouth friends in Blackheath, south-east London, on 27 August last year. Timon, who had a history of violence, denied intending to seriously hurt the 30-year-old and said he was just "pissed off" at one of his friends for making a racist comment.
At around half past midnight, they left a microbrewery and walked past Mordens nightclub where Timon had bought champagne for a group of women at a birthday party. Mr Dearlove, a relationship manager at Duncan Lawrie Private Bank, who had previously at Couttes, the bank used by the Queen, was eating and drinking with old University of Portsmouth friends in Blackheath, south-east London, on 27 August last year.
The two parties met along Tranquil Vale, as Timon and the women looked for a taxi home, before a dispute erupted after a "polite" chat about baby pictures. After a dispute erupted after a "polite" chat about baby pictures, Timon punched Mr Dearlove, who died about 24-hours later.  
Mr Dearlove's friend Andrew Cook said: "He (Timon) was looking for a fight. Not a nice guy. We didn't know why, it all happened so quickly."Mr Dearlove's friend Andrew Cook said: "He (Timon) was looking for a fight. Not a nice guy. We didn't know why, it all happened so quickly."
Timon, from Plumstead, south-east London, who is mixed race, claimed one of Mr Dearlove's friends called him a "half chap". Timon, from Plumstead, south-east London, who is mixed race, claimed one of Mr Dearlove's friends called him a "half chap".
Mr Dearlove died around 24 hours after he was punched. Afterwards, he fled to Ireland to see his mother and sent a series of messages to a close female friend apologising for what happened before handing himself in to police.
Timon will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday. He told the witness, who cannot be identified, that he had "mad love" for her, saying: "I'm scared, seriously, proper. I never ever meant to do it ... I'm sorry really from the bottom of my heart."
Press Association He will be sentenced at the Old Bailey later this week.