Court Case Result - Criminal Sentence
- Country
- England & Wales
- Hearing Date
- 3 July 2009
- Court Location
- Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)
- Judge
- Judge Paul Worsley
- Case Number
- T20077464 / T20097099
- Name
- Mario R Celaire
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 31
- Co-Defendant/s
- No
Offence/s
- Sentence notes
- Length
- Life
Sentencing Considerations
- Pre-Sentence Report (PSR)
- Yes
- Victim Personal Statement
- Yes
- Undertaken in a group
- No
- Victim was serving public
- No
- Victim sustained injuries
- Yes
Sentencing Details
- Total Sentence
- 23 Years - Life
- Parole Eligibility Date (PED)
- 28/6/2032
- Sentenced Upon
- Guilty Plea
- Distinguishing Features / Details
- Celaire was the first person in Britain to be convicted of a crime for which he had been previously found not guilty by a jury, since the overturning of the 'double jeopardy' rule in 2005. Celaire admitted the manslaughter of his girlfriend Cassandra McDermott for which he had previously been tried and acquitted 6 years earlier.
Celaire attacked Miss McDermott after their relationship ended and either punched her or pushed her head into furniture, knocking her out. She choked to death on her own vomit.
The case was reopened after Celaire confessed the crime to another girlfriend, Kara Hoyte, in 2007 before attacking her with a hammer. The attack left her with significant disabilities, but she was able to communicate what Celaire had confessed, reopening the case.
The judge said: "You present a very real and continuing danger to young women with whom you enter into a close relationship." - Online Resources
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Legal Teams & Authorities
- Barrister
- Simon Neil Denison KC
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