A woman who stole more than £69,000 from her children has had her sentence cut.
The Craven Herald reports that Alexandra Eastham, 41, has had her sentence reduced by over one-third.
Eastham had received a three-year sentence after admitting to 15 charges of fraud by false representation and two charges of theft at a hearing at Skipton Magistrates Court. She stole the majority of the money from her children, after a large sum of money had been awarded to them by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
She pleaded guilty to the theft of £23,214 from one child, with this offence occurring at some time between April 1st 2008 and May 20th 2009, a previous article in the publication had revealed.
Furthermore, she admitted stealing £37,386 from a second child, as well as two separate charges relating to fraud by abuse of position relating to the thefts from each child.
She was deemed to have abused her position, as the criminal injuries compensation payout had been put in a trust fund, of which she was a trustee.
Eastham had stolen the cash from her late husband's estate, with £60,000 of this money awarded to the estate as criminal injuries compensation.
The other 13 charges the perpetrator pled guilty to relate to forged signatures at the Skipton Building Society. Eastham was found to have committed frauds on a number of dates between May 2007 and March 2009, through which she had unlawfully obtained money with a total value of £8,825.
One of these charges relates to a fraud at The Bailey, Skipton, where she gained £750 after committing fraud by false representation.
Alexandra Eastham's former husband Gregory Eastham was killed at the age of 36 when his then-girlfriend Tina Buckley stabbed him in the neck on January 16th 2005 in the Liverpool home they shared.
His body was found at the foot of his stairs and he had an 8cm stab wound. According to reports, the relationship had been violent and turbulent, with Buckley previously damaging Mr Eastham's mattress, clothing and cabin with a 4in knife and a marlin spike.
Police found the weapon that had led to Mr Eastham's death - a black-handled knife - in a kitchen drawer in the household, with later forensic tests revealing the presence of his blood. A pathologist found he had also suffered six other knife-related injuries, but the fatal wound had killed him within minutes.
Further investigations revealed that there were bloodstains throughout the flat and that somebody had attempted to clean blood from the sofa's arm.
Ms Buckley denied murdering Mr Eastham and suggested that the fatal wound was an accident. She was unanimously found guilty of manslaughter at a trial at Liverpool Crown Court and received a jail sentence of seven years.
Mr Eastham is buried at Earby Cemetery. He had previously attended West Craven High School and been employed at Albert Hartley Textiles Ltd, before he went on to become part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Ms Eastham, who stole the criminal injuries compensation money, had relocated to France, where she was originally from, but Skipton magistrates issued an international arrest warrant and she was sent back to Britain to stand trial.
At the recent hearing at London's Criminal Appeal Court, Eastham's sentence was cut to two years, with an additional 31 days removed to allow for the length of time she spent in custody in France as she awaited deportation.
Criminal injuries compensation following homicide
If a parent, wife, husband, partner (including same sex relationships) or child dies as a result of violent crime, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority might be able to make a payment. Currently, the flat rate for this payment is £11,000 in cases with one single claimant, or £5,500 each in cases with more than one claimant. Furthermore, people may also be eligible to receive a flat rate funeral expenses payment of £2,500, with this cash going towards the benefit of the victim's estate.
People who were financially dependent on the person who passed away may also be eligible to make a larger compensation claim, which will factor in lost earnings and other expenses.
It is still possible to claim criminal injuries compensation in cases where the perpetrator of a crime has not been located or convicted. Payouts are made through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and awards range from £1,000 to £500,000.
People who have lost a loved one due to the criminal actions of another person are strongly advised to make a criminal injuries compensation claim. The losses, damages and psychological harm suffered by the bereaved can be impossible to quantify but the money received through compensation can help people to cope with some of the more immediate challenges they face.
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The Craven Herald reports that Alexandra Eastham, 41, has had her sentence reduced by over one-third.
Eastham had received a three-year sentence after admitting to 15 charges of fraud by false representation and two charges of theft at a hearing at Skipton Magistrates Court. She stole the majority of the money from her children, after a large sum of money had been awarded to them by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
She pleaded guilty to the theft of £23,214 from one child, with this offence occurring at some time between April 1st 2008 and May 20th 2009, a previous article in the publication had revealed.
Furthermore, she admitted stealing £37,386 from a second child, as well as two separate charges relating to fraud by abuse of position relating to the thefts from each child.
She was deemed to have abused her position, as the criminal injuries compensation payout had been put in a trust fund, of which she was a trustee.
Eastham had stolen the cash from her late husband's estate, with £60,000 of this money awarded to the estate as criminal injuries compensation.
The other 13 charges the perpetrator pled guilty to relate to forged signatures at the Skipton Building Society. Eastham was found to have committed frauds on a number of dates between May 2007 and March 2009, through which she had unlawfully obtained money with a total value of £8,825.
One of these charges relates to a fraud at The Bailey, Skipton, where she gained £750 after committing fraud by false representation.
Alexandra Eastham's former husband Gregory Eastham was killed at the age of 36 when his then-girlfriend Tina Buckley stabbed him in the neck on January 16th 2005 in the Liverpool home they shared.
His body was found at the foot of his stairs and he had an 8cm stab wound. According to reports, the relationship had been violent and turbulent, with Buckley previously damaging Mr Eastham's mattress, clothing and cabin with a 4in knife and a marlin spike.
Police found the weapon that had led to Mr Eastham's death - a black-handled knife - in a kitchen drawer in the household, with later forensic tests revealing the presence of his blood. A pathologist found he had also suffered six other knife-related injuries, but the fatal wound had killed him within minutes.
Further investigations revealed that there were bloodstains throughout the flat and that somebody had attempted to clean blood from the sofa's arm.
Ms Buckley denied murdering Mr Eastham and suggested that the fatal wound was an accident. She was unanimously found guilty of manslaughter at a trial at Liverpool Crown Court and received a jail sentence of seven years.
Mr Eastham is buried at Earby Cemetery. He had previously attended West Craven High School and been employed at Albert Hartley Textiles Ltd, before he went on to become part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Ms Eastham, who stole the criminal injuries compensation money, had relocated to France, where she was originally from, but Skipton magistrates issued an international arrest warrant and she was sent back to Britain to stand trial.
At the recent hearing at London's Criminal Appeal Court, Eastham's sentence was cut to two years, with an additional 31 days removed to allow for the length of time she spent in custody in France as she awaited deportation.
Criminal injuries compensation following homicide
If a parent, wife, husband, partner (including same sex relationships) or child dies as a result of violent crime, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority might be able to make a payment. Currently, the flat rate for this payment is £11,000 in cases with one single claimant, or £5,500 each in cases with more than one claimant. Furthermore, people may also be eligible to receive a flat rate funeral expenses payment of £2,500, with this cash going towards the benefit of the victim's estate.
People who were financially dependent on the person who passed away may also be eligible to make a larger compensation claim, which will factor in lost earnings and other expenses.
It is still possible to claim criminal injuries compensation in cases where the perpetrator of a crime has not been located or convicted. Payouts are made through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and awards range from £1,000 to £500,000.
People who have lost a loved one due to the criminal actions of another person are strongly advised to make a criminal injuries compensation claim. The losses, damages and psychological harm suffered by the bereaved can be impossible to quantify but the money received through compensation can help people to cope with some of the more immediate challenges they face.
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Bethany Janick works with a team of Clearwater Solicitors to help the victims of
crime achieve the highest criminal injuries compensation payouts possible.
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