A jockey who had taken cocaine and had been drinking before killing a ‘vulnerable’ pensioner in a brawl outside a pub has been jailed for three years today.  

Levi Williams, 25, hit pensioner Richard Wingrove at least twice in a fight outside of a pub in Newmarket, Suffolk – the historic home of horse racing. 

The 71-year-old was left in critical condition after being rushed to hospital following the attack, but died ten days later on March 8, 2025. 

The 25-year-old has now been sentenced to three years behind bars after pleading guilty to manslaughter at Peterborough Crown Court in April.

Williams has previously been charged with murder; however, the prosecution accepted his guilty plea to manslaughter, and he was bailed ahead of his sentencing.

A fight involving four men broke out outside the Waggon & Horses pub on March 8 at about 3.40pm, the court was previously told. 

Mr Wingrove, who was celebrating his birthday and wearing a cowboy hat, and his son Jamie, had been thrown out of the tavern by the landlord.

He had decided they had drunk enough. The pair ‘tried to return to the pub on a number of occasions’ but were ejected again, the court heard. 

Pictured: Levi Williams, 26, who was charged with the murder of Richard Wingrove, 71, after the pensioner died ten days after the altercation in Newmarket

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