A man who denied the mansalughter of his friend during an altercation outside a pub in Nailsea has been jailed.

Stephen Snook, forty-six, hit Alec Farley while trying to break up a scuffle at the Queen's Head during England's World Cup match with Slovenia last June - and Farley fatally hit his head on flagstones when he fell.

Bristol Crown Court Judge Neil Ford QC said it was clear Snook didn't intend to cause harm, and he's expected to serve half of his twenty-seven month sentence.