New Zealand man pleads guilty to one-punch attack in Canberra CBD

A New Zealand national has pleaded guilty to a one-punch assault on an innocent bystander outside a Canberra nightclub.

Mane Tupuola, 22, was caught on security cameras delivering a single knock-out blow to his victim outside the Academy nightclub in August last year.

The victim suffered only minor injuries.

Tupuola was arrested in January after a five-month police investigation into the attack in Civic.

Earlier this year magistrates ordered Tupuola surrender his passport over fears he was a flight risk.

At the ACT Magistrates Court Tupuola was given a suspended eight-month jail term, subject to a good behaviour bond, and 200 hours community service.