A Fairlight man is now in prison after pleading guilty to an assault that led to the death of another local man on Manly Corso last year.
Jesse Allan, 25, appeared before Sydney Downing Centre last week where he entered a guilty plea and had his bail revoked.
The personal trainer was originally charged wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm of another local man, 37 year old Matthew Williams at 2.43am on 27 January outside 8-28 The Corso, Manly. During the assault Mr Williams fell back and hit his head, suffering a traumatic head injury. He was resuscitated at the scene by emergency services. Mr Williams had his life support turned off on 6 February, and the charge was upgrade to Assault Causing Death.
The charge is now documented as Manslaughter, to which Mr Allan pleaded guilty to on Friday.
Court documents show Mr Allan was committed to sentencing on 29 May 2025 and had his bail revoked. He was taken into custody to reappear for sentencing (first mention) at Downing District Court on 27 June 2025 at 10am.
