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? Charles Te Nani Vercoe told the man later accused of his manslaughter he would die to protect his family. At an inquest into the death of the 79-year-old Te Teko kaumatua before Whakatane coroner Ian Bentley yesterday, Mr Vercoe's daughter Lorraine Hale wept openly as the evidence was read. Detective Sergeant Ross Everest told the court that on August 29, 2004, Mr Vercoe had told Akima Tarei, beach wedding dresses chiffon beach wedding dresses chiffon his daughter Ursula's former partner, to "get the hell out" of their Te Teko home after he arrived there drunk at 4am. During the confrontation, Mr Tarei struck Mr Vercoe in the face, causing him to stumble against a wall and slide down it. The following day Mr Vercoe, whose eye was swollen and almost shut, spent the day in the garden. However, at 4pm, he complained of a headache. "He told his daughter the headache had probably come about after too much sun on his bung eye," Mr Everest said. About 5.30pm the same day when Lorraine Hale visited her father he had bandaged a piece of aloe vera plant to his eye. At an arranged meeting at Ursula's house on September 1 dresses for womens , Mr Tarei apologised to Mr Vercoe. In turn, Mr Vercoe told Mr Tarei of the concerns he held for his daughter and mokopuna (grandchildren) mother of the bride dresses sale mother of the bride dresses sale . He told Mr Tarei he could have him up for assault, however he then said that wasn't what he was about. He told Mr Tarei he would die to protect his children and mokopuna. He also told Mr Tarei he needed to change his ways. Later that day Mr Vercoe was feverish and sweating. He also found it hard to breathe while trying to read a bedtime story to his mokopuna. He took some paracetamol. However, he later began to fit and was taken to Whakatane Hospital by ambulance. He died nine days later white bridesmaid dresses white bridesmaid dresses . Police later charged Mr Tarei with Mr Vercoe's manslaughter. A Rotorua High Court jury last August found Mr Tarei not guilty of manslaughter. An autopsy report confirmed Mr Vercoe died as a result of a blood clot between the brain and its covering and facial injuries consistent with a blow to the head. In her evidence, Mrs Hale said she could not understand how a man could assault her sister and her father and still be a free man. "Systems were put in place to protect them in their home and make them safe and this happens," Mrs Hale said. "We have been short-changed plus size cocktail dresses with sleeves plus size cocktail dresses with sleeves buy flower girl dresses buy flower girl dresses .
