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Man Spared Jail for Fatal Morphine Gift

9 Oct

Summary

An 83-year-old man received a suspended sentence for his role in a woman's death.
The woman died from morphine toxicity after being given the drug by the man.
He was sentenced for offering to supply morphine to three women.

An 83-year-old man, Jeffrey Sutton, has been given a suspended sentence for his involvement in the death of 27-year-old Lily Gomes. Ms. Gomes died in hospital on February 18, 2025, from morphine toxicity, four days after falling unconscious at Sutton's home in the Cotswolds.

Sutton was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court on Friday to 26 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years. He had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of offering to supply morphine to three different women, including Ms. Gomes. Hertfordshire Police arrested Sutton on February 16, 2025, in connection with the supply of controlled drugs.

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