I think it's best to hold fire on settling on what happened that night. I've been seeing some very contradictory witness reports. I'm sure one said he was kicking the door repeatedly but never got into his dads house before police arrived. How can he strangle him if he couldn't get in?
That said, it's fairly reasonable to assume that his own brother and dad wouldn't lie, so these are the most reliable statements so far.
What is known as a fact at this point is that an idol of a lot of Villa fans here has passed away in possibly avoidable circumstances*. Whether he was a genuinely bad man (which goes against a lot of what has been said of him over the years) or suffering personal demons (drink, drugs, mental health) remains to be seen.
*On this point; any police force on here? I'd like to know how threatened you have to feel to use a taser on someone? I know Dalian was a fairly big guy so its fair to say you could feel very threatened depending on his actions, but if he was as drunk as some reports say, surely it'd be relatively easy to incapacitate him without the use of a taser? I've seen some pretty incredible take downs on nights out. Hope that doesn't come across as pointing the finger, I'm just trying to see the situation from the coppers perspective a bit more.