A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter in connection with a fatal bar fight almost three years ago that claimed the life of a Port Colborne man.

Nicholas Benner entered a plea in an Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines on Friday.

Assistant Crown attorney Timothy Hill told court details surrounding the death of Randy Dudek will be read in to court when Benner returns for sentencing June 5.

He told Judge Peter Wilkie that the victim's family members were unable to attend Friday's court date and want to be present when the facts were read in.

Benner was initially charged with aggravated assault following the May 8, 2016 incident at the Belmont Hotel in Port Colborne.

Emergency crews were called to the King Street property around 2 a.m. and found a Dudek unresponsive on the bar floor.

The 34-year-old man was taken to hospital in Welland and later transferred by air ambulance to a Hamilton hospital.

He died of his injuries three days later and Benner's charge was updated to manslaughter.