Killer ‘with a conscience’ fails to turn up to court

A killer who described himself as a “psychopath with a conscience” was condemned by a judge for failing to turn up to court.

Mark Brown, 41, had not attended court because his conscience “is untroubled by what he has done”, Justice Nicholas Hilliard said as he sentenced Brown in his absence on Friday after he failed to attend Hove Crown Court.

He was sentenced to 49 years for the murders of Leah Ware, 33, and Alexandra Morgan, 34. He killed both women at a remote farm near St Leonards, East Sussex, in May and November 2021 after meeting them through a sex work website.