The strip group businessman hid in the darkness outside his wife's home for hours before fracturing her skull with a hatchet after their marriage broke down.
Mr Carter, prosecuting, said Richards took an axe, dry suit and cable ties to the address on 3 April 2022."You will remember he waited a number of hours dressed as he was, with the weapon, waiting for Mr Norcross to depart."He noted Ms Alam, who previously ran a beauty salon in Surrey, had said it"really was only the fact she kept on thinking that saved her life".He was also convicted of breaching a non-molestation order.
The judge told Richards that the events of 3 April were a"hideous culmination of the breakdown some 18 months earlier of your family relationships". He said that from the autumn of 2019 there had been reports to police alleging domestic assaults, harassment and stalking among other matters.The judge added:"Your dream home, family and lifestyle to which you had aspired had very sadly unravelled and left you depressed, isolated and angry."Richards had then"tied her up briefly" during the incident but this was"ineffectual", said the judge and Richards proceeded to drag her by the hair.
Essex Police said that when Richards stepped out to try and find Ms Alam's phone, she was able to free herself, lock her doors and call for help. A police chase then ensued and when Richards was caught he told officers he had done"the most stupid thing I had done in my life".A report in The Independent newspaper says that in 2000 David Richards auditioned as a stripper for the group, which the firm's website says was founded in the UK in 1987, following in the footsteps of the earlier US-based Chippendales.Related Topics
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