Overview
- Mold Crown Court ordered Ince to serve at least two thirds of his sentence under a determinate term after deciding he is not a dangerous offender.
- A jury of six men and six women delivered a majority manslaughter verdict on October 17, acquitting him of murder after about seven hours of deliberation.
- Prosecutors said Ince moved the concussed victim to a bench to distance himself from the assault and left him to fend for himself.
- The blow in a Wrexham garden sent Ithell into a wooden fence, causing a fractured skull and brain bleed, and he died at hospital more than four hours later.
- The court heard Ithell had knocked on the wrong door while seeking drugs, was described as extremely frail, and the judge said Ince showed little if any remorse.