Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke was assaulted in the driveway of his home and later died in hospital.

He had been out with a friend during the day from 3pm on 21 August 2009 at The Horseshoes Public House in Billingford and had later taken a taxi home at 6.45pm. On the way home he stopped off in Eye to pick up a Chinese meal at about 7pm and got home at about 7.15pm. The taxi was from Able Taxis's in Diss and he had had a female driver who said that Richard Clarke had needed assistance from the landlord to get in the taxi but had described him as a 'total gentleman'. She said that he kept apologising for being drunk and saying that he didn't normally get like that. The taxi driver said that when she left him she saw him walking to his house and noted that he had known exactly where he had had to go.