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‘Cocaine-fuelled' knifeman killed partner and neighbour on Christmas Day
Brown then made his way across the communal landing to the flat next door, where Mr Latter and Ms Grant, who had left their door unlocked, were sitting in the living room enjoying a quiet Christmas Day, the court heard.
The defendant then stabbed both victims multiple times with a 'blank' face, Ms Heer said.
After leaving the second flat, Brown then fled the scene in his car, forcing his way through police officers trying to stop him, before driving off without switching his headlights on.
His car was eventually brought to a halt by armed police in Milton Keynes, with a bloodstained knife found on the passenger seat and spots of Ms Pearson's and Mr Latter's blood found on his trainers, the court heard.
While in a cell following his arrest, Brown made the unsolicited comment that he had 'gone f------ crazy', before later saying: 'Not self-defence. Murder. It's plain murder, not self-defence. Murder.'
Mr Justice Kerr sentenced Brown to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 39 years for each of the murders, with the sentences to run concurrently.
He also handed down 21 years' and 18 years' imprisonment for the attempted murders of Mr Latter and Jake Brown respectively, an 18-month sentence for possession of a knife in a public place and a nine-month sentence for causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, all to run concurrently.
