Overview
- Dewar, 20, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court to unlawfully killing Tim Picton after an alleged one-punch outside a Northbridge nightclub in December.
- Prosecutors dropped the earlier grievous bodily harm charge tied to the nightclub incident, and the court dismissed a separate Kalamunda count of act or omission causing bodily harm.
- CCTV played in court shows Dewar raise his right arm and punch Picton, who fell to the ground and lay still before he was taken to hospital.
- The defence says Dewar struck to protect his young cousin from unwanted advances and acted because he feared being hit first.
- He remains on bail under strict conditions, with sentencing in early May for a separate Kalamunda assault to which he pleaded guilty and a late‑May procedural hearing before the manslaughter case moves toward trial.