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Mark Russell

Jail for one-punch killer who thought himself 'sheriff'

Grant Coleman has been jailed for the one-punch killing of former champion surfer Chris Davidson. (HANDOUT/ASP)

A man who believed he was the "unofficial sheriff" of a NSW coastal town has been jailed for five years for killing a champion surfer in a one-punch attack.

Newcastle District Court judge Peter McGrath on Friday said Grant Coleman, younger brother of NSW Waratahs coach Darren Coleman, had taken the law into his own hands to become former professional surfer Chris 'Davo' Davidson's "executioner".

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