The scene of the fatal hit and run. Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown
A coroner's inquiry will not be opened into the death of a Dunedin man killed in a hit and run in 2022.
Sean Buis suffered fatal blunt force injuries when he was run down in the suburb of Mornington in July 2022, following a falling-out over a drug debt.
Lance Moore - who was identified as a 'drug associate' of 28-year-old Buis - later admitted a charge of manslaughter, and was jailed.
Justice Eaton heard Moore drove to Eaton Park to find Buis, and drove his vehicle directly at him intending to knock him down and demand repayment.
Moore fled the scene without offering aid to Buis.
In a decision released on Monday, Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale said the circumstances of Buis's death were fully examined during the criminal proceedings.
She found an inquiry was not necessary or desirable.
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