A two-day inquest, presided over by state coroner Mary Jerram, was held at Griffith Local Court this week to determine exactly what happened to cause the death of Russell Rowcliff.

Mr Rowcliff died in November 2010 after confronting his Heath Crescent neighbours while armed with a molotov cocktail.

The coroner accepted the police version of events that his neighbour, Frank Murray, pushed him from the porch in self-defence, causing Mr Rowcliff to fall backwards and strike his head on a concrete footpath. This caused a severe brain haemorrhage.

In emotion-charged scenes outside Griffith Courthouse yesterday, Mr Rowcliff's brother Mick who had earlier accused the Murrays of murder conceded the coroner had made the right decision.

"I'm glad it's all over and I think the correct decision has been made," Mr Rowcliff said.

"My brother did do the wrong thing that night.

"He was on a rampage ... he had been provoked, but he went too far and it had tragic consequences.

"I just need to come to terms with it now."

Mick Rowcliff, Russell's widow Sharon Rowcliff, Frank and Lydia Murray and police all gave evidence during the inquest.

Magistrate Jerram said the purpose of the inquest was not to put one side against the other, but to establish the date, time, place and identity of the deceased, and to determine the cause and manner of his death.

According to the police brief, at 6.40am on Saturday, November 27, 2010, police were called to Mr Rowcliff's Pioneer residence after a rock was thrown through his window.

Mr Rowcliff believed his neighbours, the Murrays, were behind the attack after an ongoing neighbourly dispute.

Mr Rowcliff was badly shaken by the incident and was unable to go to work that day.

Just before 11pm that night, Mr Rowcliff left his house armed with a 750ml VB bottle filled with petrol, with a sock shoved in the top.

He was carrying a disposable cigarette lighter.

He knocked on the door of 42 Heath Crescent the home of the Murray family.

Lydia Murray answered the door and saw Mr Rowcliff standing there with something in his hand.

She went back inside to alert others and Frank Murray came to the door.

Mr Rowcliff went to step inside the house and Mr Murray, seeing the Molotov cocktail, pushed him away from the door.

Mr Rowcliff fell down the two steps leading up to the front door and hit his head on the concrete footpath.

He was knocked unconscious and the impact caused a severe cerebral haemorrhage.

Emergency services rushed to the scene and Mr Rowcliff was taken to Griffith Base Hospital.

He never regained consciousness and died at St George Hospital three days later.

Magistrate Jerram acknowledged the hardship Mr Rowcliff's family faced and the difficulty of sitting through the inquest, not knowing the true circumstances surrounding his death.

"I'm very sorry," Magistrate Jerram said.