Christmas Day killer jailed for at least 39 years

A knifeman who murdered two women on Christmas Day was jailed for at least 39 years. Jazwell Brown, 49, fatally assaulted partner Jo Pearson, 38, in their Milton Keynes home by stabbing her repeatedly and beating her with a baseball bat. He also attempted to kill his son Jake, then aged 17, using the same weapons. Brown then took the knife and baseball bat to his neighbour's flat, where he killed 24-year-old Teohna Grant. Her partner, Bradley Latter, sustained more than 20 injuries to his neck alone, but survived. Brown also stabbed Ms Pearson's dog Tilly before fleeing the scene in his car, driving at dangerously high speeds before he was arrested. Footage from a nearby doorbell camera showed the Staffordshire bull terrier walking around while bloodied and injured. Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and two of attempted murder, as well as offences of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and possessing a knife in public. Detectives say the attacks were wholly unprovoked and committed while he was under the influence of crack cocaine. He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 39 years for the murders and sentenced to 18 years for the attempted murder of his son, and 21 years for the attempted murder of Mr Latter. He was also sentenced to nine months for attacking Ms Pearson's dog, and 18 months for the possession of a knife in a public place. The judge said all of the sentences will run concurrently to the sentences for murder. Mr Justice Kerr told Brown: "The terrible crimes you committed that day have torn apart the lives of many people." This video has been edited to remove disturbances from the public gallery. The judge's sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/th... SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos:    / @skynewscourts   Follow Sky News on Twitter:   / skynews   and   / skynewsbreak   Like us on Facebook:   / skynews   Follow us on Instagram:   / skynews   For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-n... Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...