Man charged over alleged fatal punch on Gold Coast man Michael Hayes outside restaurant

A man has been charged with landing a fatal punch on a father-of-two outside a Gold Coast restaurant.

Michael Hayes, 39, died on Thursday after being on life support since being hit outside Destino Wine and Bar in Sanctuary Cove on Saturday night.

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A 24-year-old Hope Island man was arrested in Maroochydore on Thursday afternoon and charged with unlawful striking causing death.

He will face Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Friday.

Hayes, also from Hope Island, had been dining with friends when he walked outside the restaurant about 9.20pm.

Gold Coast father Michael Hayes was fatally punched outside a restaurant. Credit: 7NEWS

Police have been searching the scene near Destino Wine and Bar in Sanctuary Cove. Credit: 7NEWS

Hayes was seen talking to a man who is alleged to have “delivered one blow” to his face, Detective Inspector Chris Ahearn said earlier in the week.

There was “nothing overtly aggressive about the conversation” until Hayes was felled by the front-on blow, Ahearn said.

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