- Former jockey Levi Williams has been sentenced to three years in prison for the manslaughter of 71-year-old Richard Wingrove, who died after being punched outside a pub in Newmarket, Suffolk.
- Mr Wingrove sustained a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain after falling and hitting his head during an altercation on March 8, 2025, and passed away 10 days later in hospital.
- The incident occurred after Mr Wingrove and his son were ejected from the Waggon and Horses pub, leading to a confrontation with Williams and a friend, both jockeys.
- While the judge acknowledged Williams was not the initial aggressor, he ruled that the final, fatal punch to a vulnerable man, while Williams was intoxicated and had taken cocaine, was not justifiable.
- Detective Constable Hannah Barrett described Mr Wingrove's death, which happened while he was celebrating his birthday, as a “completely avoidable act of violence” that caused immense devastation.
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Former jockey who punched pensioner to death outside pub jailed for manslaughter
