An 18-year-old Harrow schoolboy provoked a fatal punch by telling his killer: “One day you’ll work for me,” a court has ruled.

Archie Lloyd, a gifted sportsman at the school, was on holiday in Malia, Crete, and awaiting the results of his A-levels in August 2015 when he was involved in a row with Sebastian Trabucatti, 25, a British club promoter, who knocked him to the floor.

Trabucatti, from East Grinstead, West Sussex, was found guilty on Tuesday of first degree manslaughter following a trial at the Court of First Instance in Heraklion.

However, he was spared jail and instead handed a suspended four-year prison sentence after the three judges concluded that Trabucatti had been provoked by the “ inappropriate behaviour” of Mr Lloyd.

Mr Lloyd's parents James and Claire sat hand-in-hand as they waited for the verdict, supported by a large crowd of relatives many of whom burst into tears as it was announced.

A family statement said: "We have been waiting almost three years for the day when Archie's attacker was brought to justice and we are relieved that this moment has finally come.