2023-07-14
'Why does he keep assaulting people?': man who killed mother carried out multiple attacks since release
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Last year Judge Martin Nolan imposed a two-and-a-half-year sentence and suspended the final 14 months for the assault on the support worker. The judge said Eadon will have this problem for the rest of his life, but it also presents a problem for society and the court in sentencing. "This court is not in the business of preventive detention, but I have to take into account I cannot say it is likely he will not re-offend," said Judge Nolan. "The likelihood, if not probability, is that he will, and the court has to take that into account." Judge Nolan imposed consecutive sentences totalling six years and suspended the final two years on condition that The Probation Service supervise Eadon on his release.