Court of Appeal finds William Eagers entitled to have life sentence commence on date of entering custody, despite sentencing judge’s stance on ‘very late’ guilty plea
Mother-of-two Ms Eagers died of her wounds at the house. A family member raised the alarm and the Garda Armed Support Unit forced entry to the house following a stand-off with Eagers and found Jean on the floor with serious injuries.
At the trial in the Central Criminal Court in March, Eagers entered a plea of guilty but Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring noted. She did not backdate his life sentence and said it would commence from March 10th. The court heard the defendant has been in custody since June 21st, 2020, the day of the killing.
Mr Guerin said his client was now aged 63, meaning Eagers would have been eligible for consideration for parole at 75 had the sentence been backdated. Counsel said the failure to do so meant there was a “real consequence” for his client, who would now have to wait until he was 78 for parole consideration.
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