The mother of a Sydney man who was hog-tied, bashed and stabbed by his half-brother and his ex-girlfriend says the pair’s sentence isn’t fair, but nothing will be enough to bring her son back.
Trent Errington, 31, and his then-girlfriend Rhiannon Lisa Bloodsworth, 24, were in October found guilty of the manslaughter of Jay Cerin, who was left to die in his Sydney home in August 2015.
Bloodsworth was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday to a maximum 11 years’ jail, with a non-parole period of seven years and six months.
Sydney man Jay Cerin (pictured) died in August 2015 after being hog-tied, bashed and stabbed by his half-brother and his ex-girlfriend
Trent Errington, 31, and his then-girlfriend Rhiannon Lisa Bloodsworth, 24, (pictured) were in October found guilty of the manslaughter of Jay Cerin
Errington was sentenced to a maximum eight years and five months in prison, with a non-parole period of six years and four months.
Justice Christine Adamson said she gave a 35 per cent sentence discount to Errington for his early offers to plead guilty to the charge and give evidence against his co-accused.
These were both rejected by the Crown before trial, and the pair was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter.
‘I am not persuaded that her prospects for rehab are good … I am not satisfied that Miss Bloodsworth has shown any remorse,’ Justice Adamson said.
Mr Cerin’s mother, Fiona, says the sentences are not enough and that nothing will bring her son back (pictured: Mr Cerin with his partner Ruth Robinson)
Bloodsworth was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday to a maximum 11 years’ jail, with a non-parole period of seven years and six months
‘Mr Errington’s criminal history disentitles him to leniency.’
Mr Cerin’s family members were sobbing and holding each other after the sentence was handed down.
Speaking outside court, the victim’s mother Fiona Cerin said she wasn’t happy with the outcome, but said no punishment would bring her son back.
‘It’ll never be harsh enough,’ she said.
‘It’s not fair for him … they get their new lease today on their life … it’ll never end for us.’
‘I am not persuaded that her prospects for rehab are good … I am not satisfied that Miss Bloodsworth has shown any remorse,’ Justice Adamson said
Last week Ms Cerin told the NSW Supreme Court she’s still haunted by images of her son’s final hours when he was ‘begging for his life’.
‘I couldn’t even kiss my son goodbye because you both ran and left him to rot,’ Ms Cerin said in a victim impact statement.
‘How scared the poor boy must have been and the pain he must have suffered during that time by someone he trusted.’
Errington confessed to a friend that he had smashed a dog’s bowl over his sibling’s head and later poured bleach over his face after he found him purple-faced and not breathing during the attack two-and-a-half years ago.