The friends put gifted sportsman Mr Lloyd in the recovery position and fell asleep at around 7am. However, they woke at midday and discovered blood on Mr Lloyd's pillow, who was unresponsive.

A pathologist estimated the teenager died at around 9am. They were due to fly home to London the following day.

During the inquest, Mr Hutchinson described how the "10-second" altercation began when the quad bike riders sounded their horns loudly while he and Mr Lloyd walked towards the taxi rank to go home.

But after they told them to “f*** off” the promoter got off his bike and pushed him three times, forcing him to the ground.

He said Mr Lloyd might have felt bad for failing to intervene so shouted "one day you'll work for me" at the alleged attacker.

Mr Hutchinson said: "Archie started to walk off. The man walked towards him. In a split second I saw one of the women raise her hands and point to Archie, she said: 'You deserved that.'

"Archie was on the pavement with his prone body partly laid on the road.

"The man and the two women rode off."

Wiping tears from his eyes while giving evidence, Mr Hutchinson said his friend did not speak again after hitting the floor. He denied that they had stopped him getting medical attention.