Apprentice jockey Levi Williams charged with murder after 71-year-old man died following altercation
Apprentice jockey Levi Williams has been charged with the murder of a 71-year-old man. Police were called to Newmarket High Street at 3.40pm on Saturday, March 8 amid reports of an altercation between four people. Levi Williams has been charged with the murder of a 71-year-old manGetty Two men were taken to hospital. One of them, a 45-year-old man, was discharged from hospital in Cambridge that evening, but the other remained in a critical condition. That man, 71, passed away at the city’s Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Tuesday. Williams was arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm and was subsequently bailed, before being rearrested on Tuesday. He was taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning following the man’s death. The 25-year-old of Holland Park, Newmarket appeared before Ipswich Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday charged with murder where he was remanded in custody until a preliminary hearing at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday, March 20. In a statement, Suffolk Police confirmed: “A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder, after a man who sustained serious injuries following an incident in Newmarket earlier this month died in hospital. “A 23-year-old man, who was also arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm, and a 45-year-old man, who was arrested on suspicion of affray, both remain on police bail until June 5 and June 9 respectively.” Williams has not participated in any race since being handed an 18-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine. That sanction expired in November 2024. The 25-year-old hasn’t raced in over 18 monthsinstagram/leviwilliams The apprentice jockey told a hearing after his first ban: “I didn’t really think. I was just stupid.” It was his second BHA ban for the use of banned substances, having failed a test for cocaine and cannabis in 2021. Williams appears to have last competed in a race in Wolverhampton in May 2023. He has ridden 12 winners from 156 rides – with his four winners for Simon Dow the most he has ridden for any trainer.
Apprentice jockey Levi Williams has been charged with the murder of a 71-year-old man.
Police were called to Newmarket High Street at 3.40pm on Saturday, March 8 amid reports of an altercation between four people.
Two men were taken to hospital.
One of them, a 45-year-old man, was discharged from hospital in Cambridge that evening, but the other remained in a critical condition.
That man, 71, passed away at the city’s Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Tuesday.
Williams was arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm and was subsequently bailed, before being rearrested on Tuesday.
He was taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning following the man’s death.
The 25-year-old of Holland Park, Newmarket appeared before Ipswich Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday charged with murder where he was remanded in custody until a preliminary hearing at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday, March 20.
In a statement, Suffolk Police confirmed: “A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder, after a man who sustained serious injuries following an incident in Newmarket earlier this month died in hospital.
“A 23-year-old man, who was also arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm, and a 45-year-old man, who was arrested on suspicion of affray, both remain on police bail until June 5 and June 9 respectively.”
Williams has not participated in any race since being handed an 18-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine.
That sanction expired in November 2024.
The apprentice jockey told a hearing after his first ban: “I didn’t really think. I was just stupid.”
It was his second BHA ban for the use of banned substances, having failed a test for cocaine and cannabis in 2021.
Williams appears to have last competed in a race in Wolverhampton in May 2023.
He has ridden 12 winners from 156 rides – with his four winners for Simon Dow the most he has ridden for any trainer.
