Jobless plasterer Trevor Timon who killed a banker with a single punch in an “unprovoked” attack has been sentenced to six years in prison for the manslaughter of banker Oliver Dearlove.
Thirty-one-year-old Timon punched Dearlove, 30, while the victim and his friends were talking to a group of women in Blackheath, south-east London, in August 2016.
Timon demanded to know what they were discussing and told his victim “if you don’t get out of my face I will knock you out”, the court heard.
He then punched Dearlove in the side of the head with his left fist, sending him to the ground and knocking him out.
Dearlove, who worked at Duncan Lawrie Private Bank, died the next day in hospital.
Timon, of Plumstead, admitted manslaughter but was cleared of murder last Wednesday at the Old Bailey after a jury deliberated for three hours.
He was also given five years on extended licence as he was considered a “significant risk” to the public.
Judge Mark Dennis QC told Timon, Dearlove had presented no threat and the punch was an “unprovoked and gratuitous act”.
