Ricky Kevin Lefoe, 32, has been sentenced to eight years in jail for the unlawful killing of Ivan Patricio Susin of Brazil.

On a night out with friends, Lefoe punched Susin outside a Gold Coast kebab shop after 1am in October 2019.

Susin fell and suffered head injuries that claimed his life 10 days later.

The fatal blow was delivered during a brawl that started when Lefoe’s intoxicated friend Shaun Simpson grabbed at a container of hot chips Susin’s friends were eating on a bench near the kebab shop.

Lefoe left the scene but later returned on the other side of the street. However, he made no attempt to help those who were assisting an unconscious Susin, crown prosecutor Elizabeth Kelso said on Tuesday.

Lefoe also showed no remorse when police later arrested him, she said.

“He tried to hit my mate, I f***ing put him to sleep,” Lefoe told police.

At Lefoe’s Supreme Court trial last month, a jury was repeatedly shown CCTV footage taken from outside the Surfers Paradise shop that showed the entire incident.

The jury took only a couple of hours to reach a guilty verdict in February.

Chief Justice Helen Bowskill sentenced Lefoe on Tuesday with Susin’s parents and his sister watching via video link.

She said Simpson had behaved like an aggressive idiot and picked a fight with Susin’s friends.

After watchingSimpson pin a smaller man to the ground and hit him repeatedly, Lefoe punched Susin when he tried to intervene.

Susin had tried to intercept one of Simpson’s punches by throwing one of his own but missed.

“It is at this point that impulsively … you grab Mr Susin on the shoulder and throw a forceful punch,” Chief Justice Bowskill said.
“So forceful that Mr Susin was, on the evidence of some witnesses, immediately knocked out and lifeless before he fell to the ground.

“Impulsive violence has no place in our civilised society.”

Lefoe will be eligible for parole in 2027.