British Airways pilot who bludgeoned wife to death loses bid for freedom

The BA pilot who killed his wife by bludgeoning her to death with a hammer back in 2010 has had his bid for release from prison rejected.

During the evening of 31 October 2010, Robert Brown hit Joanna 14 times with a claw hammer while their two young children hid in the playroom at the family home in Berkshire.

From their window, his children then saw Robert putting his wife's lifeless body into the boot of his car before he drove to the woods of Windsor Great Park.

It was here that he buried Joanna's body in a garden box in a pre-dug grave he had dug a year beforehand.

The killer then called the police on himself and volunteered to be interviewed.

Brown was due to be released halfway through his 26-year-long sentence in November 2023.

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk blocked his automatic release and referred his case to the Parole Board.

More to follow.