A police officer and a security officer stand outside a cordoned-off Craft Bar in the Octagon yesterday morning. Photos by Gerard O'Brien
Stephen Anthony Fernyhough, a demolition worker, appeared in the Dunedin District Court this morning charged with assaulting Ryan John Court on April 27.
Mr Court (35) was found unconscious in the toilet area of the Craft Bar in the Octagon early yesterday and could not be revived.
Public defender Campbell Savage asked for a remand without plea to May 6.
He said he was not seeking bail or name suppression for Fernyhough.
There was also no application for suppression of Mr Court's name.
As well as the charge of assault, Fernyhough is also facing a charge of intentionally damaging a window in a separate incident some time later yesterday morning.
