Murder charge over killer punch

Shaun McNeil allegedly king hit Daniel Christie on New Year's Eve. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied

A MURDER charge has been laid against the man accused of fatally punching teenager Daniel Christie in Sydney's Kings Cross.

Shaun McNeil, 25, was arrested at the scene after allegedly punching Mr Christie on New Year's Eve, leaving him in a critical condition in St Vincent's Hospital.

On Saturday, after 11 days in hospital, Mr Christie's life support was turned off.

Daniel Christie died in hospital on Saturday. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

Police on Monday charged McNeil with murder.

The labourer and self-proclaimed martial arts fighter has also been charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and other assault-related offences.

He was refused bail and is due before Central Local Court on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the father of fatal one-punch victim Thomas Kelly has delivered to the NSW government a petition with 132,000 signatures calling for tougher sentencing laws for alcohol-related violence.

Daniel Christie was punched in almost the same location where Thomas Kelly was struck in July 2012.

Thomas's father Ralph Kelly has been a staunch advocate of harsher penalties for drunk offenders who throw fatal punches. Mr Kelly launched a petition on change.org demanding minimum sentencing laws for manslaughter.

Following the alleged assault of Mr Christie, the petition was updated to call for alcohol and drug intoxication to be identified as a "mandatory aggravating factor" in sentencing.

The petition also demands the victims' youth and inability to defend themselves be taken into account in sentencing.

Mr Kelly on Monday presented the petition to staff in the offices of the NSW premier and attorney-general.

Change.org says it is the second-largest petition it has hosted. Alongside friends and relatives of Mr Kelly, others impacted by drunken violence left comments on the petition detailing their experiences.

Annie Sutton, a former teacher of Mr Christie, described the Sydney teen as a "lovely, personable and gentle young man".

"How many more young people are to be damaged before we change our culture and our laws?" she wrote.

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