Summary
IT WAS a harrowing and distressing trial. Robert Brown, an apparently charming and dashing British Airways pilot, was accused of murdering his beautiful, estranged wife Joanna by bludgeoning her to death with a claw hammer at her home in October last year and then burying her in a box.
aside from the sickening brutality of the killing, one of the most disturbing aspects of the case was the fact that the Browns' two young children had heard the attack and then witnessed their father carrying their 46-yearold mother's body to his car.See the full content of this document
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He Was the Victim. Different Story [Scot Region]
During the course of the trial, Brown, 47, was portrayed by his legal team as an essentially good man driven over the edge by a wealthy and manipulative woman during a bitter divorce battle.
The jury appeared to accept this version of events when the scot was last week cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.The verdict drew gasps of disbelief from the public gallery and howls of anguish from Joanna's family and friends. Brown merely grinned and nodded to the jury.andy wilson was repulsed but not entirely surprised. as Joanna's boyfriend, he was all too familiar with the ...See the full content of this document
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