Overview

• Trevor Gocan confronted 74-year-old neighbour James O’Neill about an open garden gate in Covent Garden on October 6, 2024, before launching a less than 90-second assault captured on CCTV.
• O’Neill suffered a brain bleed and died in hospital two weeks later.
• A jury found Gocan guilty of manslaughter but not murder following a trial in May.
• Judge Sally-Ann Hales KC condemned Gocan’s failure to walk away and imposed a 12-year prison term.
• O’Neill’s widow, Sara, has put their flat on the market as she copes with depression and recurring nightmares.