Teen guilty over 'one-punch' death

30/Oct/2009

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A TEENAGER has been convicted over the death of 17-year-old Steven Rowe - under a new law brought in after Western Australia's spate of 'one-punch' deaths.

A Supreme Court jury which yesterday aquitted the man - who turned 18 today - of murder today also acquitted him of manslaughter over the October 2008 death.

However the jury returned a guilty verdict to the charge of unlawful assault causing death, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years jail.

The jury has been discharged and the case adjourned, but lawyers will return to address the judge on sentencing.

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