Just what did happen the night Ali died?

It should have been an ordinary Saturday night out spent in a popular nightclub for the 41-year-old.

But for the father of a young teenage daughter - now living with relatives in London - it ended in tragedy.

Facts are few and far between about his final movements and several key witnesses have yet to come forward.

This week an off-duty doorman admitted assaulting Mr Bullaleh outside a Southampton nightclub less than two hours before he died in a separate road traffic accident.

The investigation is now in the hands of the Independent Police Complaints Commission because two police officers and paramedics had spoken to Mr Bullaleh shortly before he died.

What is known of that fateful night is that Mr Bullaleh had been asked to leave The Dungeon nightclub in Bevois Valley despite not seeming to cause any trouble.

It is also known that shortly afterwards, at 2.45am on Sunday, November 12, he was assaulted.

After being punched three times in the face and on the back of the head outside The Dungeon Mr Bullaleh dialled 999 on his mobile phone.

Two police officers in a patrol car and an ambulance crew arrived and spoke to him.

However, it is not believed that any medical treatment was administered and both paramedics and police left the scene.

It was after the emergency crews had gone that Mr Bullaleh was filmed by a closed-circuit TV camera talking to two men in Bevois Valley Road.

The footage showed the Somali national speaking to the two men for about 15 minutes.

Shortly afterwards another CCTV camera caught Mr Bullaleh collapsing in Bevois Valley Road as he tried to cross the street.

Two cars were seen swerving to avoid his body before he was struck by a taxi at 3.45am.

Less than an hour later, at 4.31am, Mr Bullaleh was pronounced dead at Southampton General Hospital.

A post-mortem examination revealed that Mr Bullaleh had died from chest injuries. He was also found to have double the legal limit of alcohol in his blood for driving and he may also have taken amphetamines.

He had an injury to his lip consistent with being punched.

Today the Somali community is still unsure whether anyone will be brought to justice for Mr Bullaleh's death - or whether it was an unfortunate chain of events of being in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

Last month the Crown Prosecution Service announced that it would not bring any charges against the taxi driver who has not been named.

This week the Daily Echo reported how Stephen Bodley, 41, an off-duty doorman of Tedder Way, Totton, was given a 12-week curfew after admitting one charge of common assault against Mr Bullaleh.

At a hearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court he admitted punching Mr Bullaleh three times in the face and on the back of the head.

Bodley knew that Mr Bullaleh had been banned from The Hobbit pub where he worked and in a police interview said he did not particularly like him.

Bodley added that under the influence of drink he saw red, and had he been sober nothing would have happened.

The IPCC is remaining tight-lipped about the progress it has made since it took over the investigation ten days after the mystery death.

IPCC spokesman David Nicholson said the investigation was likely to be completed by the end of the summer.

He added that the commission's investigators were keen to maintain good relations with the Somali community.

He said: "We will be in touch with the Somali community leaders before the investigation is concluded."

IPCC investigators are particularly keen to trace the two men caught on CCTV camera who they say could provide vital clues in piecing together the circumstances leading to Mr Bullaleh's death.

They say they know that the pair had nothing to do with Mr Bullaleh's death but believe any information they have could help with the ongoing independent inquiry.

During a visit to the Bevois Valley Road area Ian Bynoe, the Independent Police Complaints Commissioner for the south-west said: "Before we move on to the final stage of the investigation I think it's important to find these guys.

"They are two important witnesses whose recollections could provide important evidence to us.

"These men may recognise themselves or someone close to them may know who they are."

Immediately after Mr Bullaleh's death leaflets in English, Polish and the Somali national language were distributed appealing for help.

More recently posters have been distributed in pubs, shops, and clubs in the Bevois Valley area of the city.

Hampshire police confirmed that the two unnamed officers who are under investigation by the IPCC are still working.

If the IPCC finds there is an issue of criminality on the part of the police, the case will be passed on to the Crown Prosecution Service.

However, if there is an issue of misconduct it will be up to Hampshire Constabulary to decide what action to take, if any, against its officers.

The case of Mr Bullaleh has sent shock waves through the 1,000 strong Somali community that have made Southampton their home since 2000 in their search of a better and safer life.

They include economics graduate Artan Ahmed who was forced to leave his top job with the government's Ministry of Finance because of the bloody civil war which gripped the country.

He recalls the hand-to-mouth existence he led in the war-torn country, living with friends and not knowing where his next meal would come from.

Fearing for his life he left Somalia for Southampton, arriving in 2003, and set up home after he was granted refugee status.

He said: "In Somalia there is a lot of killing , looting and raping.

"There is no law and order. Some people only know the language of the gun.

"It became impossible to live and work over there.

"Law and order vanished."

Now 47-year-old Mr Ahmed is living in a flat in Orchard Lane, Southampton, and helps out with the Somali Women and Children Community Development Group Commenting on the Mr Bullaleh case he said: "It has not been treated fairly. The victim died in the end. Who killed him then? Until now we are really confused about who killed this guy.

"It is very confusing how the justice system is against us.

"I would appeal to the two men on CCTV that if they have any human feeling at all to get in touch.

"We are really suffering as a community and just looking for justice - nothing more than that.

"We would appeal for them to tell the investigators anything they know about the incident."

Faduma Ibrahim, also of the Somali Community Development Group, said: "I feel very sorry and upset for Mr Bullaleh's family because they still do not have the answers they need.

"We feel the police should have done more to find out what happened. It is not the first time we believe the police have failed to act.

"In recent years we have seen a Somali man beaten in Southampton and no action taken and the Somali community office ransacked in Northam two years ago."

No one from Hampshire police was available for comment on the Somali community's concerns.