Convicted one-punch killer Kieran Loveridge has failed in his bid to protect his identity for two years having said it would allow him to properly rehabilitate in the community.
The 32-year-old's sentence for the killing of Thomas Kelly on a drunken night out in Kings Cross expired on Sunday and NSW was unsuccessful in its attempt to subject him to an extended supervision order for high-risk offenders.
NSW Supreme Court Justice Natalie Adams said despite Loveridge's troubling history of drug use there was not enough evidence to indicate he required the high level of supervision proposed by the state to integrate back into the community.
