The trial has been largely about whether the force used in trying to apprehend him was appropriate or excessive.
The prosecution accepts that at 179kg he was morbidly obese, in ill-health, had taken drugs, and was suicidal. It's also agreed nothing any officer did had a "causal link" to the death.
Evidence in the court shows six officers advanced on Mr McPeake's two-door Honda CRV, with the acting sergeant in a patrol car making voice appeals to Mr McPeake to get out of the vehicle.
An officer had found the vehicle at 12.49am while police were looking for Mr McPeake.
When Mr McPeake did not get out, an assault was launched on the vehicle, with the windows being smashed, and OC spray and Tasers used on the man before dogs also entered the vehicle.
Mr McPeake was ultimately forced out, began vomiting as he lay on the ground, and died despite first aid from police and ambulance staff.
In his closing address, Prosecutor Ben Vanderkolk told the jury to ask themselves how well equipped were each of the four defendants to deal with the situation presented in the car park.
He says in essence, these four police officers were confronted by what was "light years" away from what they had been told by other officers.
He's questioned why two officers used Tasers, and why two police dogs were sent into the car. It was an ineffective option, he said.
He says the only option for the group was to cordon and contain Mr McPeake. They should have stepped back and reassessed the situation.
He said they were unsurprisingly good police officers, with no defects in their training and different experiences between the group.
Each was equipped to change and amend their response to Mr McPeake, but they didn't.
He says their judgement lead them to commit the offence.
He says Mr McPeak's arrest should have been done with the least violent means available, and they had a fundamental duty to lessen the amount of violence used.
That included the option to withdraw.
He says it was a team of police officers, with all their weapons, against one man in a car that was immobile. Two young officers were following the two older ones, he said.
The lawyers for each of the four police officers will now address the jury.