The family of a dad-two have spoken of their unbearable pain after he was killed by a man who was supposed to be his friend during a psychotic episode. Jonathan Wilson, 34, of Woodthorpe Avenue, Boston, was sentenced to 14 years and six months behind bars at Lincoln Crown Court yesterday (December 12).
He pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of James Jimmy' Britton after an incident last year on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Wilson had gone into a state of psychosis when he rammed a stolen van into his good friend on November 10, 2021, in Skegness.
Mr Britton died in hospital in the early hours of November 18. Katherine Goddard KC, who prosecuted in the case, read out a series of victim impact statements in court, Lincolnshire Live reports.
