Robert Easom subjected loving mum Trudi Burgess to years of abuse that culminated in him snapping her neck during a horror attack when she tried to end their relationship
A man whose dad died from a brain tumour was left devastated after the his mum found love again with a manipulative monster who would go on to snap her neck.
Trudi Burgess, 57, was rushed to hospital with a broken neck 10 months ago following a horrifying attack at the hands of serial abuser Robert Easom. Easom, 56, is now staring down years in prison after jurors found him guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on the mum-of-two, who is still receiving full-time hospital treatment nearly a year following the shock attack.
Her two adult children have spoken out about how manipulative Easom infiltrated and split apart their once happy family, prizing their loving mum away and isolating her.
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Jackson, 27, and Gina, 28, told the Daily Mail their mum had met Easom around nine years ago following the death of their father, her childhood sweetheart. Jackson, who is raising funds to pay for his mum’s care, said his parents, who met when they were 17, had an “incredibly loving relationship”.
But in 2016, his dad was diagnosed with brain cancer, and he died later that year leaving the mum without a partner for the first time in her adult life.
Jackson said: “She met my Dad when they were 17 years old and they had an incredibly loving relationship. They fell madly in love and we saw that as children. They were always incredibly close.”
“Then my dad died about nine years ago and that put my mum at a loss.” Jackson explained that, “at this point”, Ms Burgess met Easom, a man the 27-year-old now regards as a “malignant presences” while he worked as his sister’s gardener. Her children believe Easom hit on her due to her clearly vulnerable state.
Jackson said: “He did what narcissists do – they find someone who is malleable, someone who is vulnerable, someone who is very kind and loving – which my mum is – and they sink their teeth in.
“It was quite a long process. My mum is not a crazy person – he must have shown some affection and charm at least in the early stages. But then as time went on, it became insidious and became worse and worse. He took advantage of someone who was very vulnerable and who was not thinking clearly. I think he did that consciously.”
Easom became increasingly controlling over the mum, and she cut off her family and friends as Easom abused her physically. Her children later learned she had documented the abuse on her phone, but only after a horrifying attack on February 17.
She had tried to break off their relationship, and Easom fell into an “uncontrollable” rage, pressing on her head so hard that it broke her neck. She remembered thinking she was “gonna die” and telling Easom following the attack: “Oh my God, I can’t feel anything in my body, you’ve ruined both our lives.”
After Easom called 999 and lied that she had fallen out of bed, Trudi was rushed to hospital, where her children said she was mouthing “sorry” while being cared for by doctors.
Despite being left bedbound and in recovery at hospital, Ms Burgess was able to participate in Easom’s trial, telling jurors he would constantly degrade her, yell at her, and drive on purpose to scare her alongside the horror physical abuse. Her family is hoping to raise money for her recovery, with Jackson and Gina having set up a fundraiser on GoFundMe to help her when she is allowed home.
