Levi Williams Jailed for 3 Years in Richard Wingrove Manslaughter Case

levi williams was jailed for three years at Peterborough Crown Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter over the death of Richard Wingrove. The 71-year-old died 10 days after being punched outside a pub in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Peterborough Crown Court sentence

Judge Sean Enright told Williams: "This is a case where only custody can be justified." He also said the former jockey "could have just trotted away" before the assault that ended with Wingrove in hospital and later dead.

The sentence closes a case that moved from a pub confrontation to a criminal conviction with a prison term. Williams, who was 27 at the time of sentencing, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter before the court imposed the three-year jail term.

Waggon and Horses CCTV

Prosecutor Jane Oldfield said the Wingrove men were separately ejected from the Waggon and Horses after disorderly and abusive behaviour towards staff. She told the court that CCTV appeared to show the jockeys trying to block Jamie Wingrove from coming in.

Oldfield also described the final blow in court, saying: "The defendant can be seen throwing a punch at Jamie Wingrove then at Richard Wingrove" and that he "suddenly punched Richard Wingrove to the head causing him to fall and hit his head on the pavement."

Richard Wingrove was taken to hospital after suffering a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain, then placed in an induced coma. He died in hospital in Cambridge on March 18, 2025, after the attack on March 8, 2025. Williams said in interview that he had had two to three pints of beer, and he was described as drunk, shaken and saying "it was an accident" when arrested.

Williams and the final winner

Williams tested positive for cocaine, and his last winner came at Chelmsford in February 2023. That detail now sits beside a prison sentence that ends his case at Peterborough Crown Court and leaves the death of a 71-year-old man as the defining outcome.