Court erupts in violence at James Gatti killer's verdict

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A MAN who killed a party goer following a row over a missing bottle of booze had to be shielded from an attacker who jumped into the court room dock from public benches.

A team of police officers and security guards rushed to help Paul Beattie, 46, moments after jurors returned a guilty verdict to a charge of culpable homicide.