Blenheim Cleaner declares himself guilty of murdering his mother

The man accused of murdering his mother at his home in Blennheim last November admitted that he did it.

Blenheim cleaner Paul Thomas Armon appeared in the Supreme Court this morning, where he silently stated guilty of last year’s events and was condemned before Judge Dale La Hood.

The summary of the facts was not read.

However, a homicide investigation was launched after Jennifer Phyllis Sheehan was found dead on her property in Blenheim on the morning of November 25.

Armon was arrested soon after.

Police accusations sheet lists the date of the offense on November 22.

The 55 -year -old man received the suppression of provisional names in a brief initial appearance in the Blennheim District Court, before the order fell not contested in a later appearance in the Supreme Court.

Armon’s lawyer Rob Harrison previously called detailed psychiatric reports to evaluate his aptitude to request trial, which was scheduled for August 2026.

But today this date was removed from the diary with Armon’s request for guilt.

However, Harrison will still seek more reports before sentence on June 5.

Sheehan’s family said after his death that they were “shocked and totally lost in words.”

His nephew, Jarrod, paid tribute to Sheehan in an online post, saying he was “angry” and “confused, but mostly sad”.

“I’m shocked and totally lost in words about what happened to my aunt Jenny,” he said.

Jarrod said he still “can’t understand” what happened and “probably never will understand” how it could happen, “especially in Blenheim.”

He described Sheehan as having an “infectious laugh”.

“Mostly, I’m sad for my children, which she loved and treated like her own grandchildren … I really felt the love she shared for our children and that’s something I will never forget,” he said.

Jarrod said he felt “stolen from time I will never get it again.” He said he would think of Sheehan every time he hears an Elvis song and smile when something “peculiar reminds me of her.”

“I hope to remember her stories so that she will continue to live through them and we can laugh for many years,” he said.