Overview
- A Preston Crown Court jury found Easom guilty on November 24 after deliberating for less than 27 minutes.
- He had previously pleaded guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour from 2017 to February 2025 and to two counts of actual bodily harm.
- Prosecutors said he pinned Trudi Burgess face down on February 17, 2025, and forced his bodyweight onto her neck, severing her spinal cord.
- Burgess remains a tetraplegic requiring round‑the‑clock specialist care, and her family’s GoFundMe raised more than £22,000 within 24 hours.
- Sentencing is scheduled for February 27, 2026, and Lancashire Police called Easom a manipulative, high‑risk offender.