Sister of man who died after unprovoked assault slams jail sentence
A girl who misplaced each her brothers after a deadly assault has begged for assist in protecting the killer in jail. Paul Mason, a profitable worldwide banker, died at 52 after an unprovoked and brutal assault in London in December 2020. Steven Allan, 35, was cleared by a jury on the Old Bailey of murdering Paul, and jailed for simply three years 9 months after admitting manslaughter. It is probably going he’ll serve little greater than a 12 months behind bars, leaving his household outraged.
After delivering the ultimate blow that left him unconscious, Paul died six months later in hospital.
And tragically, his brother Simon, 56, devastated by grief, relapsed into alcoholism and in addition died, leaving his sister Rachel Mason devastated.
Rachel mentioned: “The verdict is a travesty. In my opinion Steven Allan murdered Paul. How could it not be murder? He hit my kind, gentle, compassionate brother — who made no attempt to retaliate — repeatedly and with such ferocity that he fell to the ground and did not get up again.
“Allan set off a sequence of occasions that had a ripple impact. Simon died of alcohol poisoning on account of dropping his brother. He was in restoration, however he began ingesting once more. I consider it was a sluggish suicide.
“Allan has two people’s blood on his hands. He killed Paul and he triggered Simon’s addiction because he couldn’t cope with the heartbreak of our brother’s death.
“When the sentence was handed down I used to be shocked. Allan might be out in simply over a 12 months, which is outrageous. His defence was that he was drunk and really anxious when he attacked Paul.
“Well, I’m anxious. I’ve been diagnosed with PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder], but I don’t kill people.”
Rachel is interesting to the Attorney General towards the leniency of the sentence and has launched a petition that 8,100 individuals have signed to this point.
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Allan was launched on bail, on a tag, after being charged as Paul clung to his life in hospital. The time he spent on the tag will probably be deducted from his sentence.
Her dad and mom Ian, 80, and Linda, 79, are too traumatised to speak in regards to the tragedy, so it falls to Rachel to articulate their collective outrage.
Rachel mentioned: “He was the glue that held our little family together; the one we went to for support and inspiration, for guidance.”
Allan was the chief government of Qatar National Bank, while Ian, his father, was a semi-retired advisor for Aston Martin’s London service centre. Ian has now stopped working following the household tragedy.
Rachel believes Allan ought to serve a life sentence. “A life sentence would be right for Allan. You take a life; you lose a substantial part of your own life. A sentence has to mean something, otherwise it is not a deterrent to those who commit violence on our streets.
“That he’ll serve simply over a 12 months sends out a harmful message that our society places little worth on a human life.”
Recalling the day of the attack, she said she awoke to two messages from Paul’s friends. “One had been left on my cell at 5.50am. It mentioned: ‘Please name urgently.’ And after I did, at 7am, Paul’s buddy mentioned he was critically ailing, in intensive care. I keep in mind that feeling of sick panic and disbelief.
“I desperately wanted to see him in hospital, but they wouldn’t let me because of the Covid restrictions. I was so scared he’d die, but I tried to focus on the positive. Then, after a couple of days the hospital updates were alarming. His brain was swelling so much he had to have neurosurgery to remove a large part of his skull.”
Paul tragically died on June 4, 2021, after falling right into a coma.