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The mother of a Dunedin man who died after falling from a moving trailer is still haunted by the decision to turn off his life support, a court has heard.
Robert Douglas Ralston died in hospital almost two weeks after the fall in Brockville in March, following a heated argument with his partner Andrew Jayden Mercer who was at the wheel of the car.
Mercer was sentenced to almost three years in prison for Ralston's manslaughter at the High Court on Friday.
The court heard Mercer
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