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TV tonight: a gripping murder-trial experiment gets inside the heads of jurors

The Jury: Murder Trial shows how jurors’ backgrounds influence their decisions. Plus: Rosie Jones’s gameshow is top ranking. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Killer pilot takes legal action against minister’s decision to block release

BA captain Robert Brown beat his wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

Evening Standard

Joanna Simpson: Hammer killer who battered wife will not be automatically released, justice secretary vows

Alex Chalk has used new powers to block Robert Brown’s automatic release after serving 13 years for killing Joanna Simpson and burying her in a pre-dug grave

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Justice secretary blocks release of man who bludgeoned estranged wife to death

Decision to release Robert Brown halfway through 26-year sentence for killing Joanna Simpson referred to Parole Board

The Guardian - UK

Killer pilot’s release from prison blocked by Justice Secretary

BA captain Robert Brown beat his wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

The Independent UK

Joanna Simpson: Family fear for lives as they call for ‘narcissistic’ hammer killer to be kept behind bars

Exclusive: Mother of two was battered to death and buried in a pre-dug grave – now her family fears for their safety if her killer is released

The Independent UK

Woman’s family must ‘plan for the worst’ as killer’s release from jail nears

Joanna Simpson was killed by her British Airways captain husband Robert Brown at their family home in October 2010.

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Family of woman killed by husband ask justice secretary to keep him in jail

Robert Brown, who bludgeoned Joanna Simpson to death in 2010, is due to be released in November

The Guardian - UK

Justice Secretary vows justice for family trying to block release of killer

Robert Brown was acquitted of murdering his wife, having admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

The Independent UK

Man who killed wife with hammer to be released automatically after half sentence

Now the mother of Joanna Simpson is to meet justice secretary to discuss concerns that Robert Brown will not face a parole board

Wales Online

Family to meet new Justice Secretary over release of daughter’s killer

Robert Brown killed Joanna Simpson in their family home in October 2010.

The Independent UK

The killing of Joanna Simpson: she was bludgeoned and buried by her husband. Why is he being set free?

Robert Brown was given a 26-year sentence in 2011. But he is due to be released in November, without parole or risk assessment. What does this case tell us about attitudes towards domestic homicides?

The Guardian - UK

‘An opportunist in search of an opportunity’: what next for Boris Johnson?

The Partygate and pandemic inquiries could end his political career. But his band of dedicated supporters hope he can still return as leader to save the Tories

The Guardian - UK

Raab considers intervening over release of Joanna Simpson’s killer

Robert Brown killed the 46-year-old with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

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Daily Mirror

Heartbroken mum fears daughter's 'foul' killer husband will 'seek revenge' after release

Diana Parkes has asked Dominic Raab to block the early release of her daughter's killer Robert Brown, who bludgeoned her to death with a hammer in 2010

The Guardian - UK

Carrie Johnson reveals fears over release of serial rapist John Worboys

Johnson backing campaign by family of Joanna Simpson against proposed release of her killer Robert Brown

The Independent UK

Carrie Johnson recalls Worboys fears at campaign to block killer pilot release

British Airways captain Robert Brown bludgeoned his wife Ms Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

The Guardian - UK

Family call on Dominic Raab to review plan to release pilot who killed wife

Mother of Joanna Brown, who was bludgeoned to death by husband Robert, says she ‘fears for women’

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Manchester Evening News

Family blast 'nonsensical' plan to release British Airways pilot who killed his wife with claw hammer

Robert Brown was jailed for 26 years in 2010

The Independent UK

Family fearful over ‘nonsensical’ prison release of pilot who killed his wife

British Airways captain Robert Brown admitted manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility.

The Guardian - UK

A man who killed his wife with a hammer is set to be released. With probation in tatters, who will protect us?

Joanna Simpson’s family are right to be worried – too many violent offenders slip through the cracks of a service that is there to keep us safe, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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