Man Sentenced to 39 Years for Christmas Day Double Murder and Attempted Murders

London, UK – Jazwell Brown has been sentenced to a minimum of 39 years in jail for the murders of his partner and a neighbour, along with the attempted murders of his son and his neighbour's partner, all committed on Christmas Day last year.During the sentencing, the presiding judge detailed the horrific events. "Last Christmas Day, after taking cocaine, without warning or provocation, you stabbed and beat your partner, Joann Pearson, to death," the judge stated. Brown then attempted to kill his teenage son, Jake Brown, by stabbing and assaulting him.The court heard that Brown subsequently went to a neighbour's flat where he stabbed Teohna Grant to death and attempted to kill her partner, Bradley Latter, by stabbing him multiple times. Following the attacks, Brown stabbed his partner's dog and drove dangerously from the scene at high speed until he was stopped and arrested by police.The judge noted, "You had blood on your hands, literally, and a blood-stained knife was on the front passenger seat with your fingerprint on it." Acknowledging Brown's age of 49, the judge emphasized the heinous nature of the crimes, stating, "I appreciate that you are already in middle age and will inevitably be an old man by the time you are eligible for release from prison, but that is of your own making because these were heinous crimes and you committed them at the age of 49." The judge concluded that the appropriate uplift from the starting point was nine years, leading to the minimum term of 39 years.