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.
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 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 5 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.
It was his second BHA ban for the use of banned substances, having failed a test for cocaine and cannabis in 2021.
Previous to that, the 25-year-old has 12 winners to his name from 156 rides on British soil.
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