Family blast 'nonsensical' plan to release British Airways pilot who killed his wife with claw hammer
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe family of a woman killed by her British Airways captain husband with a claw hammer as their children cowered in a playroom have blasted 'nonsensical' plans to free him from prison in November this year.
Joanna Brown's mother has said her family is fearful about the prospect of his release after serving half of his sentence behind bars, and is calling on the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, to look at the case.
British Airways captain Robert Brown bludgeoned his 46-year-old wife Joanna to death with the hammer in their family home in October, 2010, as their two young children cowered in a playroom.
He dumped her body in a makeshift coffin in Windsor Great Park. Brown, who believed he was “stitched up” by a prenuptial agreement, was acquitted of murder by a jury at Reading Crown Court in May 2011.
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