Carer who smothered mother with dementia spared jail over tragic ‘mercy killing’
A carer who smothered his mother “in an act of mercy” has been spared jail.
Kevin Pearce, 60, had looked after dementia and osteoporosis sufferer Eileen Pearce for 10 years before he killed her at their home in Bexleyheath, south London, in June 2021.
Afterwards, he called police to “confess”, saying: “She was in a lot of pain.”
The defendant denied murder but admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility due to his severely depressed
