After the incident, Hughes went back into his flat, turned on the radio and made himself a hot drink.
In a phone call to his nephew some time after the altercation which was caught on his Dictaphone, Hughes said: “I think I may have killed someone.”
He added: “I was sitting on him, dying…”
Hughes described how Turner’s head was “bleeding because I whacked it with my new walking stick”.
Later in the conversation, Hughes told his nephew: “I just hope I haven’t killed him or I’ll cop a murder charge.”
After the call, Hughes could be heard asking his dog where his walking stick was as he needed to wash it.
When Hughes eventually called for an ambulance, he told emergency call handlers that he thought Turner may have had a heart attack, and also that he had hit Turner with his walking stick before falling.
Attempts to resuscitate Turner were unsuccessful.
A post-mortem examination found Turner died as a result of asphyxia and had suffered blunt force trauma to his face and head.
At the time of his death Turner’s family said he would be “sadly missed”, adding: “Harry Turner was one of six siblings who, on leaving school had joined the Navy before working in London, Ireland, and his hometown of Rhyl.”
North Wales Police referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) following Turner’s death.
The IOPC decided that an investigation was required but it should be carried out locally by North Wales Police.
It said: “We will maintain a level of oversight as they will need to share with us their investigation report, for review, if no conduct issues are identified by them.”