Overview
- Mold Crown Court imposed a nine-year custodial term plus a four-year extended licence, with eligibility to apply for parole after serving two-thirds of the prison sentence.
- A Home Office pathologist found Richardson died after inhaling his own blood, with facial fractures likened to injuries from a high‑speed car crash.
- A jury on November 7 cleared Iveson of murder but convicted him of manslaughter after he claimed he had acted in self‑defence.
- The judge said Iveson knew Richardson needed medical help, yet he neither placed him in the recovery position nor called emergency services, noting his propensity to excessive violence when intoxicated.
- Richardson’s family described the assault as “unspeakable violence” and police said the sentence offers some closure as they continue to grieve.