Overview
- Robert Richens, 35, pleaded guilty in December and on February 6 was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years and one month.
- Bodycam and court-played custody video, along with audio of his 999 call, were later shared online showing him sobbing that he would miss Grand Theft Auto VI.
- Police said Richens made no attempt to help Vaughan and contacted officers only when he had nowhere else to turn after the attack.
- Judge Ian Pringle KC said Richens subjected Vaughan, 40, to a brutal assault in her Abingdon home, causing multiple major rib fractures and a traumatic brain injury.
- Prosecutors told the court Richens stayed at the scene for about five hours cleaning and was heard saying, “I could have dismantled it.”