Who is Robert Brown and what happened to his ex-wife Joanna?

ROBERT Brown killed his ex-wife Joanna Simpson successful a transgression that rocked Britain.

His horrifying killing volition beryllium explored successful Channel 5’s A Killer Makes a Call, which airs connected February 4, 2025.

Making a monster

Brown is thought to person been calved successful either 1964 and 1965 and was raised successful Edinburgh.

His begetter worked successful shipyards portion his parent worked astatine the Bank of Scotland. 

While increasing up successful Scotland, Brown became a three-time UK trail-running champion.

He grew up to go a pilot, having wanted to alert planes since helium was a child. 

Brown piloted long-haul flights betwixt San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hong Kong portion moving for British Airways. 

Marrying Joanna Simpson

Brown met Joanna Simpson aft she divorced her archetypal husband. 

Her parents instantly took a dislike to Brown erstwhile they met him connected the Isle of Man, having reportedly recovered him “rude” and “arrogant”. 

Joanna and Brown moved successful unneurotic successful September 1998 and got engaged connected Christmas Day that year. 

They tied the knot successful Ascot connected February 13, 1999, contempt Joanna’s parents protesting the match. 

Joanna reportedly phoned her parents from her honeymoon successful Cape Town and said that the matrimony had been a mistake. 

Two months later, Brown discovered that she was pregnant and gave commencement to her archetypal kid successful December 1999. 

Joanna had different babe successful May 2001. 

Brown’s evil crime

In January 2007, Joanna went to a solicitor aft Brown accused her of having an affair. 

Eventually, the mates divided and Joanna was encouraged by the result Radmacher v Granatino lawsuit which saw prenups being seen arsenic enforceable successful the UK. 

Her parents had encouraged her to motion a prenup with Brown.

However, Joanna was killed by Brown connected October 31, 2010.

Brown buried his Joanna successful Windsor Great Park, aft dropping his children disconnected astatine his large girlfriend’s house. 

The slayer phoned the police astir a “serious home incident” and was arrested connected suspicion of being progressive successful Joanna’s death. 

He accompanied constabulary erstwhile they recovered Joanna’s assemblage from the woodland country successful Windsor Great Park. 

Brown was diagnosed by the defence psychiatrist arsenic having an accommodation disorder, which involves a “maladaptive response” to a stressor. 

He was yet recovered blameworthy of manslaughter, but not blameworthy of murder. 

The slayer became eligible for parole halfway done his condemnation but was met with a wide run against his release. 

Labour MP Jess Phillips was 1 of the astir salient radical starring the complaint to support Brown down bars.

Eventually, it was stated that Brown would not beryllium automatically released and helium was incapable to overturn the decision. 

A Killer Makes a Call

Brown’s terrifying transgression volition beryllium examined successful the Channel 5 documentary A Killer Makes a Call. 

The hour-and-a-half occurrence volition diagnostic exclusive interviews with radical who helped bring Brown to justice. 

Viewers tin ticker the occurrence erstwhile it airs connected February 4, 2025, astatine 10pm.