I guess Richards email might have been hacked.
The modern nerd world is a horrible thing.
I just say this as a general note, it is so common now that peoples online identities are hacked.
It causes so much personal distraction, wasted time and anger that I do want to make a noise for all of us.
If you get an email from him as I have you might like to
1. Do not reply to it.
2. Change your own email password (when did you last do that!!) NOW.
3. Make certain you consider all emails from anyone in context.
The email I got did not speak "Devon" so was clearly not from Richard. Among this modern AI cobblers this is a critical thing to think about. Would that person say those words in that manner?
I have suffered this on some of my public ID's and it is TEDIOUS. Please take a moment to hit the "forgot my password" link and use this to set a new password on all your accounts. On your key sites, anything with your credit card stored, bank, identity information (DoB, NI number) this is critical.
Sorry Richard, not meant at you. It's an element that cranks my handle, just to highlight how it is so easy to become complacent and not protect ourselves on line.