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- A 49-year-old man has pleaded responsible to murdering two girls on Christmas Day in England
- Thames Valley Police mentioned Jazwell Brown carried out the “brutal assault” on his personal companion and a neighbor
- Brown additionally stabbed a 17-year-old boy and a 29-year-old man, and injured a canine, through the assault, in line with police
A person has pleaded responsible to fatally stabbing two girls on Christmas Day in England.
In a information launch, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the physique chargeable for prosecuting legal circumstances in England and Wales, mentioned Jazwell Brown, 49, murdered Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, “with out warning or provocation” inside their shared condominium block in Milton Keynes, which is roughly 50 miles from London.
In accordance with a Thames Valley Police information launch, one of many girls was Brown’s companion, whereas the opposite was his neighbor.
“Armed with a knife, 49-year-old Brown additionally tried to kill a 29-year-old man and a teenage boy,” the CPS famous. “Brown additionally stabbed Joanne’s canine, Tilly, through the incident. The canine, whereas injured, survived.”
The CPS added that Brown fled the scene following the assault, however was noticed by eyewitnesses and captured on CCTV. He was arrested on Christmas Day and charged on Dec. 27, 2024.
Brown pleaded responsible to the double homicide following a listening to at Luton Crown Courtroom on April 15, per the police launch.
Thames Valley Police
He additionally pleaded responsible to 2 counts of tried homicide, and one depend every of possession of a knife in a public place and inflicting pointless struggling to a protected animal. The 17-year-old boy and the 29-year-old man each suffered stab wounds, per the police.
In accordance with the CPS, after being arrested, Brown made “a number of incriminating statements” whereas in custody, together with saying, “I misplaced my cool tonight.” He additionally described the incident as “not self-defence, plain homicide, it’s plain homicide, not self-defence.”
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Senior investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Brangwin, of the Main Crime Unit, mentioned in a press release, per the police launch, “Firstly, I want to lengthen deepest condolences to the households of Joanne and Teohna who tragically died on this surprising incident on Christmas Day.”
“Jazwell Brown is a harmful man and I’m glad that he has pleaded responsible, accepting duty for his actions that day, however the deaths of Joanne and Teohna can’t be undone,” the assertion continued. “This was a brutal assault on his personal companion and neighbour, of their respective properties, the place they need to have been capable of really feel protected and safe.”
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Celia Mardon of the Crown Prosecution Service added that the “inexplicable assault” had executed “irreversible harm – robbing two girls of their lives and severely injuring two others.”
“Whereas we might by no means know why Brown dedicated such senseless violence, we should keep in mind the 2 lives that had been needlessly misplaced,” Mardon added. “Our ideas stay with the family members of Joanne and Teohna, and we hope that right now’s consequence gives them with some closure.”
Brown might be sentenced on 22 Might.
