Killer son, 21, who beat his 'beloved' mother, 54, to death while high on ketamine at the family...

A son who battered his 'beloved' mother to death with his fists while high on ketamine was jailed for seven years today.

Henry was initially charged with murder, which he denied, before later pleading guilty to unlawful act manslaughter through intoxication of drugs. The court was told he had suffered an 'adverse reaction' and was acting 'irrationally' as a result of 'confusion and excitement' brought about by his use of drugs.

The court heard Henry had used cannabis from the age of 15 before becoming addicted to ketamine aged 19, using 10 grams over a weekend. His family and friends had begged him to stop, with his mother threatening to cut ties with him if he continued to use and sell drugs. Friends told how he had been acting strangely and had spoken about the Matrix and apocalypse and that he was 'dancing with devil' and needed to 'disappear' before he did something he regretted. He later said he was going home to sleep it off.

'So I do sentence you on the basis that you were unlikely to form an intent to kill ... because of the adverse effects of the drugs that you had taken. That does not mean you are excused from what you did... you took her life.'The judge told him he posed a 'significant risk' of committing further offences if he started taking drugs again.

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