Robert Hart death: £50k reward to find Parklife one-punch killer

Robert Hart died four days after the attack at Parklife music festival in 2014

A £50,000 reward has been offered to find the attacker of a man who died after being punched at a music festival nearly 10 years ago.

Robert Hart, 26, was assaulted at Manchester's Parklife Festival in June 2014 and died four days later, Greater Manchester Police said.

His attacker has never been caught, despite a £20,000 reward offered shortly after Mr Hart's death.

Police have renewed an appeal for information on BBC's Crimewatch Live.

Mr Hart's mother Elaine said: "Robert loved music and played his guitar all the time - music was the reason he went to Parklife.

"I visit him every week in Macclesfield Cemetery - he shouldn't be there, he should be here, enjoying and living his life to the full with a family of his own."

'Allegiances change'

Mr Hart, who was from Macclesfield but lived in Liverpool, was attacked in a row after his girlfriend was hit on the head with an inflatable doll.

An inquest concluded he was unlawfully killed and died of a head injury following an assault.

The attacker was described as a man, mixed race, in his mid-20s at the time and around 6ft (1.8m) tall, muscular with short, dark hair which was shaved at the sides.

Police reissued an image of where the attack happened on 7 June 2014

Police said he was with a woman who dragged him away after the assault.

She is described as white, in her mid-20s with blonde, shoulder-length hair, about 5ft 7ins (1.7m) tall and possibly wearing a pink T-shirt.

Detectives interviewed more than 200 potential suspects and witnesses in the year after the attack on 7 June 2014.

Det Insp Madeline Kelly said: "Allegiances and friendships will have changed so if anyone has any information, they can report it to police in confidence, particularly if they feel they could not before."

She said the "heartache felt by Robert's family has not faded".

Officers asked people who attended the weekend festival, which attracts about 70,000 visitors a day, to share their images.

They especially want footage and pictures from around the main stage at about 21:00 BST on 7 June when Rudimental had finished their set and before Snoop Dogg was due to perform.

A £50,000 reward has been offered "for information that leads to charge and conviction".

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