A man accused of killing David Joslin, who intervened to stop a fight in Chingford almost five years ago, has appeared in court. 

Michael Oliver, 33, of Poundfield Road, Loughton, was summonsed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to appear at Barkingside Magistrates Court yesterday.

Oliver was accused of manslaughter last month after detectives re-opened the investigation into Mr Joslin's death. 

The 23-year-old 'peacemaker' was knocked unconscious by a single punch in Old Church Road, Chingford, on December 19 2009. 

He was treated at Whipps Cross Hospital before being taken to the National Hospital for Neurology, in central London, where he died eight days later. 

The CPS has said Oliver had not been formally charged, but is accused of the crime.  

An inquest into Mr Joslin's death in March 2013 revealed failings by Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone, which initially wrongly treated him as a drunk despite saying he had been assaulted. 

Oliver has been released on bail for a preliminary hearing at The Old Bailey on November 24.