As stated by Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Glen Lindup:
Police have laid a new charge in relation to the death of a man in Westport last month.
About 3:10pm on 31 July, Police were called to a reported altercation at a Palmerston Street motel. The victim was located critically injured and flown to Greymouth Hospital, where he died later that evening.
The victim can now be named as 31-year-old Dylan James Coleman, of Westport. Our thoughts are with his family at this extremely difficult time, and we continue to offer them support.
A 35-year-old man was arrested at the scene and charged with wounds with reckless disregard. Today, Police filed a manslaughter charge against him.
He is due to appear in the Westport District Court on 27 August.
Police are not seeking anybody else in relation to the death.
