Man Avoids Jail After Friend Dies During Play Fight

Quinn McPherson stopped the chokehold only after realising his friend’s lips were turning blue.
Man Avoids Jail After Friend Dies During Play Fight
Quinn McPherson (centre) arrives at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING
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A tradie will have to live with the burden of his friend’s death for the rest of his life after the man lost consciousness during a drug-fuelled play fighting session.

Victorian Supreme Court Justice James Elliott accepted Quinn McPherson’s grief as he sentenced the 21-year-old to a three-year community corrections order.