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The man cleared of murdering his Tinder date after she fell to her death from his 14th floor balcony posted a bizarre blog post defending himself in 2014, it has emerged.

Gable Tostee was found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter and walked free from a court in Brisbane, Australia, earlier this month.

In a trial which has gripped the world, Tostee was accused over the death of Warriena Wright, a 26-year-old New Zealander who died after plunging from his apartment in Surfer's Paradise.

Prosecutors said chilling audio footage found on Tostee's phone revealed how a drunken argument between the pair became violent.

Wright then fled to Tostee's balcony before falling to her death as she attempted to climb down to the apartment below.

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In defence, Tostee's lawyers said: "The sequence of events is a desperate tragedy but it is not murder and is it not manslaughter."

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And after several days of deliberation, a jury agreed.

But it has only now emerged that Tostee posted a bizarre defence of his actions back on 2014, following the incident.

In the post, he wrote that he "regularly made audio recordings of my drunk nights on the town in case something happened".

He added: "I kept them for myself but didn't need to listen to them 99 per cent of the time. It's so easy to do using a smartphone and comes at such a small cost, and sometimes the recordings have been invaluable."

The post also sees him relive the moment his Tinder date fell off the balcony.

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"After shutting the door I turned my back and retreated, and literally about 10 seconds later when I turned around and looked through the glass I only briefly for a fraction of a second saw Warriena on the other side of the railing before she disappeared out of view," he wrote.

"At the time I couldn't tell if she had fallen or climbed down to another floor. All I knew was that she was no longer there."

He described the night in detail.

"At first we got along great but as the night continued, her behaviour became strange and she became increasingly aggressive.

"I'm not sure whether she found it amusing but it was getting out of hand. She kept hitting me, taunting me, throwing my stuff around and trashing my apartment.

"For the last couple of hours with her most of my efforts were spent trying to placate her in the hope that she would come down.

"This is where the alleged 'choking' sounds began. I never deliberately choked her or put my hands around her neck, all I did was try to remove the weapon from her.

"If I wanted to choke her out then it probably wouldn't have been hard, but I did not do that as I did not want to hurt her. A less forgiving man could have quite conceivably exercised less restraint and retaliated violently.

"I did what I did to prevent further physical conflict and de-escalate the situation as best as I could.

"Never in my wildest imagination did I expect what happened next."

He said he "quickly realised that it would be extremely foolish to go back out on the balcony in case she had indeed fallen and someone saw me standing near the edge".

"I did not 'flee' the scene," he added.

"I went downstairs to see if I could find out what happened. When I reached the lobby I saw flashing emergency lights coming from outside.

"At this point it dawned on me that something serious had happened. I was terrified, exhausted, intoxicated, and quite disorientated and all I wanted to do was get advice. I knew if I walked into police I could have been held under suspicion without legal representation, a situation nobody would want to be in.

"I resorted to leaving the building and calling my Dad.

"While I was waiting to meet my Dad I bought a slice of pizza to curb my hunger and anxiety.

"Knowing I was the last person to be with her, it has left me permanently scarred and not a day passes that I don't wish I could go back in time and prevent it."

He also told users of the impact her death had had on him.

"I broke down in tears several times a day, or whenever I saw her picture in the news. I never expected I would ever experience something like this, nor did I have any idea how much it would affect me.

"Even though I had only known her for a night I was horrified that this had happened to her. I would never wish for it to happen to anybody."

The court was shown before he was cleared CCTV footage from when Warriena and Tostee met for the first time in Surfer's Paradise.

The pair chat briefly before awkwardly hugging each other and walking away towards a bar.

They can then be seen walking into a bar before again being captured outside walking the streets.

The couple are then captured on CCTV going into Tostee's apartment building in Surfers Paradise.

In scenes which were played to court, Warriena can be seen going into a lift with her alleged killer, the last time she was seen alive.

Footage then shows Tostee emerging from the lift later after his date had plunged to her death.

He can be seen changed into a green shirt as he walks through the streets.

The murder trial at Brisbane Crown Court was also shown pictures of cuts on Tostee's arms and legs taken shortly after his arrest.

The court was also shown Tostee's Tinder messages before the date in which he described himself as 'a pornstar after a few drinks'

After viewing her profile pictures, Tostee told Ms Wright she looked "delicious".

She asked if the pick-up line had worked for him in the past.

He responded: "Haha, not trying to make anything 'work', I'm just saying. Got a problem with that?"

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Ms Wright then said she could be a "freak in the sheets" depending on what she had to drink.

Tostee replied: "Lets get drunk together, I'm a pornstar after a few drinks."

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The court heard chilling audio footage of the final moments before Warriena then fell to her death.

In more than three hours of footage recorded on Tostee's phone, Warriena can be heard getting upset.

Tostee threatens her saying: "You're lucky I haven't chucked you off my balcony you goddamn psycho little b****."

"I'm gonna walk you out of this apartment just the way you are, you're not going to collect any belongings.

"If you try to pull anything I'll knock you out, I'll knock you the f*** out."

Warriena can then be heard hysterically screaming "No".

She then says: "I want to go home, I want to go home."

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About 15 seconds later, the recording captured her scream as she fell to her death trying to climb down to the balcony below.

The court heard how Tostee called his father shortly after and said: "Dad, this is really f***ed up, why does this s*** keep happening to me?

"I swear to god I didn't push her, I just chucked her out on the balcony because she was beating me up.

"Oh my god, I hope she's not dead."

Prosecutors did not allege Tostee pushed or threw Warriena, but argued she was left in so much fear she attempted the only means of escape.

But a jury disagreed and cleared him of any responsibility for Warriena's death in August 2014.