Overview
- Robert Richens, 35, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years and one month following his December 2025 guilty plea at Oxford Crown Court.
- Bodycam footage published by The Independent shows him crying during his May 2025 arrest and saying, "I'm going to miss GTA," referring to Grand Theft Auto VI.
- Police said he called 999 at 6:26 a.m. on May 30, 2025, reporting he had killed someone and telling the operator he was ashamed of what he had done.
- Prosecutors told the court that Vaughan suffered 64 sites of blunt force trauma and cuts from a blade during a brutal attack at her home.
- Prosecutor Neil Moore said Richens spent about five hours cleaning the scene and changing the victim's clothes, and Detective Chief Inspector Stuart May condemned his "heartless" actions in a statement.