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Kerry Kourpanidis sentenced over manslaughter of Warren Hordpenko at Kingston Hotel in Canberra

It was a brazen attack: 16 seconds of fury that led to the death of Warren Hordpenko in Canberra's Kingston Hotel in July last year.

Kerry Kourpanidis, 36, has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years jail for manslaughter after bashing Mr Hordpenko at the pub.

Hours before the killing, Kourpanidis had been at the hotel with his partner, his brother and his six-year-old daughter, when a drunk Mr Hordpenko approached the group.

The 44-year-old had been drinking alone most of the afternoon and had been asked to leave after harassing a patron.