A MAN who punched a colleague during a row at a work Christmas party has been cleared of manslaughter.

William Wareham, 53, was fatally injured at the Bupa healthcare party at the Park Inn Hotel in Harlow in December last year reports the BBC.

Bradley Casey, 21, of Thetford, in Norfolk, said he acted in self-defence and his actions were reasonable.

A jury took 30 minutes to find him not guilty at the end of a four-day trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.