Overview

• Brown pleaded guilty in April to two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, unlawful possession of a knife and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
• On December 25, 2024, he stabbed partner Joanne Pearson 31 times and attacked his teenage son before entering a neighbour’s flat to kill Teohna Grant and injure her partner.
• The court heard that Brown committed the unprovoked attacks under the influence of cocaine, prompting chilling admissions of “plain murder” at his arrest.
• Forensic evidence from Thames Valley Police linked bloodstains on a knife and baseball bat to the victims and corroborated witness accounts.
• Victim impact statements described profound grief for the families of Pearson and Grant and lasting trauma for the two surviving victims.