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<postdate>2025-01-30 14:10:07</postdate>
<headline>21-year-old on manslaughter charge from 2020 assault</headline>
<body><p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>A 21-year-old Banks man is facing the ACT Children's Court charged with manslaughter following an incident in 2020.</b></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">On April 12 2020 a 46-year-old man was violently assaulted at a gathering occurred at a home in Banks. At the time, the victim refused further medical treatment and police involvement.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">However, on April 25 the victim went into cardiac arrest at his home and, despite the efforts of paramedics, died.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Police say a postmortem indicated the manâ€™s death was as a result of blunt force trauma and they began investigating, but ultimately decided not to proceed with charges.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Last year, as part of a review of unresolved matters held by ACT Criminal Investigations, the ACT Homicide Squad reactivated the investigation.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Earlier on Thursday, police searched a home in Banks and subsequently arrested and charged the 21-year-old man with manslaughter. He was aged 17 at the time of the alleged offence.</span></p>
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