One-punch killer Trevor Timon jailed for six years for manslaughter of Oliver Dearlove

Unemployed plasterer Trevor Timon has been sentenced to six years in prison for the manslaughter of banker Oliver Dearlove.

Timon killed Dearlove with one-punch but was cleared of murder on Wednesday after a jury deliberated for three hours.

Timon, 31, had admitted manslaughter and was given a further five years on extended licence because of the "significant risk" he poses to the public in the future.

Mr Dearlove was killed in August 2016 on a night out with friends in Blackheath, south-east London.

Judge Mark Dennis told Timon the death of Dearlove was "senseless".

Mr Dearlove's girlfriend Claire Wheatley broke down in tears as she described her heartbreak at losing her "Mr Right" and a "true gentleman".

She told how she received a text from him, saying "Love you bub", just hours before the "dreaded knock" at her door.

In a letter read to court, Timon said: "There is not a single day that I don't think of Oliver, his friends and family and the devastating effects my action has caused."

Mr Dearlove, who worked as a relationship manager at Duncan Lawrie Private Bank, was attacked close to Mordens nightclub shortly after Timon and a group of women left the venue to catch a cab.

The court heard different accounts from Timon, the four women who cannot be named for legal reasons, and Dearlove's friends on how the violence erupted.

Dearlove's friend Andrew Cook said Timon was angry and came out of nowhere with "bad intentions".

Timon said he was upset when one of the victim's friends laughed and called him a "half chap" - which he took as a racial slur.

He swung a "powerful" left hook aimed at Dearlove's head, knocking him unconscious. Mr Dearlove died the next evening in hospital.