The British Airways Killer: Robert Brown’s Hammer Attack on Ex-Wife Joanna Simpson
In this chilling episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson examines the horrifying 2010 murder of Joanna Simpson by her estranged husband, British Airways pilot Robert Brown.
What began as a bitter divorce fueled by resentment over a prenuptial agreement ended in a brutal hammer attack in their family home — with their two young children just rooms away. Brown then concealed Joanna’s body in a pre-dug grave in Windsor Great Park before calmly calling the police the next day.
Despite admitting manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility, Brown avoided a murder conviction…
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