Alex Chalk has referred the case of Robert Brown - who bludgeoned his estranged wife Joanna Simpson to death in 2010 - to the Parole Board.
Robert Brown bludgeoned his estranged wife Joanna Simpson to death in 2010The Justice Secretary has stepped in to block the automatic release of a killer British Airways pilot.
The victim's grieving mother last night said she was 'delighted' and urged the board to keep Brown behind bars. Mr Chalk, who is also Lord Chancellor, used new powers introduced by the Conservatives in 2021 to ensure the killer will not be automatically released next month. Joanna Simpson, 46, was bludgeoned to death with a claw hammer at the couple's former marital home in Ascot , Berkshire, as their two children cowered in a playroom
She had filed for divorce after enduring years of cruelty. Brown then drove her body to Windsor Great Park, where he had already buried a garden crate that would serve as his wife's makeshift coffin. The former BA captain was acquitted of murder in 2011 after previously admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was jailed for 26 years
Hetti Barkworth-Nanton, a close friend of Ms Simpson, said: 'We now hope that the Parole Board sees the level of danger that Brown poses and makes the decision to block his release.' Under rules that were in force at the time of Brown's conviction, he was due to have been freed automatically next month at the halfway point of his sentence.
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