A full-time carer from Bexleyheath has admitted smothering his mother who was bedbound and suffered from dementia.
Kevin Pearce, 59, killed 89-year-old Eileen Pearce in her bed at their home in Bexleyheath on June 5 2021.
Immediately afterwards, he admitted causing her death but later said he had no memory of doing it.
The defendant had denied murdering Mrs Pearce and had been due to face a trial at the Old Bailey in January.
At a hearing on Friday, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility following the completion of psychiatric reports on his mental state.
Prosecutor Michelle Nelson KC said: “In the circumstances and a review, the CPS think it’s appropriate to accept the plea.”
Defence barrister Katy Thorne KC asked that Pearce be given continued conditional bail.
She said: “He has always understood he has been in jeopardy of at least a manslaughter conviction and in those circumstances he has not breached his bail.”
Judge Judy Khan KC granted conditional bail and adjourned sentencing until February 16 with a review hearing on January 15.
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