CHRISTMAS DAY KILLER GETS LIFE

Thug stabbed his partner and neighbour in horror rampage

- BY DAN WARBURTON

A MAN who knifed his partner and neighbour to death in a drug-fuelled rampage on Christmas Day has been jailed for at least 39 years.

Jazwell Brown, 49, stabbed 38-year-old Joanne Pearson 31 times in their flat, also hitting her with a baseball bat.

His 18-year-old son Jake suffered a life-threatening wound to his chest when he tried to intervene.

Brown then went into his neighbour's flat where he repeatedly stabbed Teohna Grant, 24, and her boyfriend Bradley Latter, 29, who survived.

Ms Grant suffered five sharp-force injuries, including one to her neck, a court heard. Brown jumped in his car and sped at police trying to stop him.

He was later stopped by armed officers and said in custody: "I've gone f***ing crazy, guys. Not self-defence. Murder. It's plain murder." A blood-stained knife was found in his car.