Nadine fought back tears as she read her statement to the court.
“My stomach dropped,” she said, adding: “I had butterflies and felt nauseous, and had flashbacks of my son in the neck brace.”
She said the news had left her feeling upset and immediately fearful, with Braddon’s police custody photo bringing back painful memories.
“That picture of him was 11 years ago when he murdered my son, and all of those horrific memories came flooding back.”
Nadine said she was on medication after being diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
She said on the morning she saw the news she “went through every emotion possible… from shock, emotional distress, tearful, vulnerable, anxious to being angry”.
Braddon shouted from the dock: “I’m sorry. I truly am sorry. I am.”
Lloyd-Clarke sentenced Braddon to three years and seven months for possessing a phone in prison and for the acquisition, use or control of criminal property, namely money.
She told him that it would be added to the end of the minimum term he was already serving.
Jones and Griffiths were both sentenced to two years and nine months for their roles in Braddon’s crimes.
Graham was given a sentence of one year and six months suspended for two years, and will have to carry out 20 days’ rehabilitation.
