This week a New Zealand court handed down a two-year and nine-month prison sentence to Daniel Havili, 30, for his role in the killing of MMA fighter Fau Vake (per 1 News). Havili’s sentence comes after he plead guilty to charges of manslaughter and assault with intent to injure.
Vake was killed after he and his brother Ike Vake were attacked by Havili and three other men on Auckland’s Symonds Street last May. Havili struck the blow that killed Vake. Many have categorized that blow as a ‘coward’s punch’ or ‘sucker punch’.
Havili’s blow caused Vake to fall to the ground, which caused a fractured skull and a traumatic brain injury.