Update – Manslaughter plea accepted in decapitation case

The Tuckers’ team of Phil Smith and Henrietta Ronson and Counsel, Alex Cameron and Louise Street, instructed on a private basis by James Richardson, attended at the sentencing hearing today of this high profile case.

The Crown had already accepted a guilty plea from Mr Richardson to a charge of manslaughter, on the basis that he should not be prosecuted for murder given medical evidence to support his contention that he suffered from alcohol dependency syndrome.

At today’s sentencing, Mr Richardson was sentenced to 6 years in prison for the offence.