Mayo man appeals conviction for murdering mother while high on drugs — Castlebar

A man serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder of his mother in Castlebar, County Mayo, has lodged an appeal against his conviction at the Court of Appeal. Celyn Eadon was convicted in February 2014 of murdering his 46-year-old mother, whom he fatally stabbed on 9 March 2011. He had pleaded not guilty to murder but admitted manslaughter. During his eight-day trial at the Central Criminal Court in early 2014, the…

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A 25-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother at their Mayo home while he was high on drugs must wait to hear the outcome of an appeal against his conviction. Celyn Eadon stabbed 46-year-old Nóirín Kelly 19 times on March 9, 2011 and she died at the scene. After the case, he