A former Eton College master has admitting killing his 84-year-old mother. Matthew Corry, 46, appeared in court via videolink to plead guilty to manslaughter in relation to the death of Beatrice Corry.
He had previously denied murder, but entered his amended plea on what would have been the first day of his trial. Police were called to High Street in Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds at around 12.30am on January 6 this year after Beatrice was found with head injuries.
She later died from her wounds. No further details of the incident were heard during a short hearing at Bristol Crown Court on Monday. Prosecutors said the change of plea was acceptable to them and Corry will now be sentenced on Monday, July 10.
Corry was told to appear in person at next week's sentencing and was remanded in custody by The Recorder of Bristol His Honour Judge Peter Blair KC to the hospital where he is currently staying. A previous hearing was told Corry had been living with his mother in her apartment within a converted grammar school at the time of her death.
The victim had also previously lived in an apartment at The Styles in Berkshire that was a former home of crime writer Agatha Christie. Mrs Corry, a retired teacher and volunteer, was part of the University of the Third Age and was an award-winning volunteer at the Campden Home Nursing charity shop.
Paying tribute at the time of her death, CEO Helen Makaritis said: "Beatrice was an incredible lady, she had so much energy and would regularly have completed a five-mile walk before her shift in the shop. Described as a 'force of nature' by the shop team, she was always positive and never afraid to voice her opinion, a very intelligent lady who was knowledgeable about so many things.
"Never without a scarf or a twinkle in her eye, she was loved by us all. We are lucky to have many funny anecdotes and stories in our memory banks and she will be remembered with great affection. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family, especially her grandchildren, of whom she talked of often and with immense pride.”
Corry worked at Eton until 2008 and had been teaching biology at fee-paying Godolphin and Latymer, in West London, until April 2020.
