22-year-old Celyn Eadon killed his mother by stabbing her 19 times while he was drunk and on drugs should have been in custody at the time, a report by the Inspector of Prisons, Judge Michael Reilly, has found.

A number of gardai now face internal disciplinary proceedings for not remanding Eadon in custody after it was ordered by a court, reports the Irish Independent.

Eadon was jailed for life last February after a jury found him guilty of murder.

Less than a month after he should have been in custody he brutally murdered his mother.

The judge’s report said Eadon, who was facing road traffic charges, was remanded in custody with consent to bail.

But even though he was unable to pay, the would be killer walked out of Castlebar District Court on the 16th of February and was free until being arrested in connection with the murder of his mother on the 11th of March 2011.

The Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission is currently examining garda practice, policy and procedure in relation to dealing with people who are committed to custody on remand by a court