“(Davo’)s mother hates you for what you have done, she says she wants to kill you with her own bare hands.”
On September 24 last year, the Narrabeen surf prodigy Chris “Kingswood Black” Davidson died after a one-punch attack outside a bar in rural east coast Australia.
Chris Davidson, who was forty-five, was punched in the face by Grant “Grub” Coleman outside the South West Rocks Country Club. Earlier, Coleman had put Davo in a chokehold at the bar.
Paramedics treated Davo at the scene and he was taken to Kempsey Hospital but pronounced dead a short time later.
Coleman pleaded guilty to charges of assault causing death, and common assault.
At a service at North Narrabeen, the beach and its associated culture that shaped Chris Davidson, hundreds of mourners celebrated the sneering, Billy Idol-esque preternatural talent that electrified surf fans.
In sentencing proceedings yesterday, Davo’s sister said their 77-year-old mother was drinking vodka to “try and stop the pain”.
“We can never forgive and forget and this incident should just never have happened,” she said. “My mother hates you for what you have done, she says she wants to kill you with her own bare hands … she is all of 35 kilos. She can’t understand why you are alive and her son is dead. I have been numb, you took him away and I will never forgive you.”
A lawyer for Coleman told the Newcastle District Court his client had taken a blow to the head from playing rugby and had been in multiple car accidents.
Coleman told the court he was “obsessed” with Chris Davidson ’cause of the surf star’s conviction of a child sex offence years before.
“My obsession came because I wanted to protect young girls,” Coleman said. “I’d heard rumours from his history and I wanted to let him know it wasn’t acceptable in our community.”
The sentencing process continues.
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If he did what he did to my daughter, I would fucking kill him and be upset I could only kill him once.
Quite absurd that crew on here can have some sort of sympathy for a child sex offender. What’s this, church?? Because he surfed well???
Go have a read of Marching Powder and how child sex offenders are treated in Bolivia.
Killer’s sentence should be to screen Doped Youth around the country and proceeds go to Davidson’s family. … Also was Davidson ever accused or convicted of pedo anything?
Yes, he was a registered sex offender.
what did he do?
Of all the misleading titles this one reveals to be the most egregious.
What was the official cause of death, a black eye?
Sounds like pedophilia was the cause of death.
Not a very sympathetic victim, is he?
So you going with 2 wrongs make a right approach?
Never punch your heroes.
Bogan Batman serving up vigilante justice
Does every Australian have one of the quoted nicknames like Charles “Chas, Chat, Chad” Smith, Derek “Phallus Obsessed” Reilly, Otto “Trump” BeenThere, Neg “Sewer Falcon” Atron, etc
You’re living in the past. Your name says it all.
Hahaha!
Had you not changed your name recently, you could say the same about yourself.
Nah man. After ThatDeadWhaleAtTrestles had run it’s course, and been sent quite literally to the proverbial trash heap, I moved on to a saying my friends used all too often to remind me of what I had missed while away.
Me: “So, how was it?”
Friends: “Man, you Otto been there, it was epic!”
Probably shouldn’t have asked how it was.
So does mine
Or a pair of socks
One of the most naturally gifted surfers of all time. Another surfing legend who died in a bar fight.
Who are the other legends ?
Bobby Brown, 1960s Cronulla surfer is the only one that comes to mi d.
Man, how could you do Billy Idol dirty like that?