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UK’s longest-serving female prisoner could finally be freed 37 years after murdering ex’s new lover in jealous rage
BRITAIN’S longest-serving prisoner could finally be freed after serving 35-years for a savage jealousy-fuelled murder.
Maria Pearson, now 66, will be told within weeks if she is to be unleashed for the 1986 slaying of Janet Newton.
Maria Pearson will be told within weeks if she is to be unleashed for the killing Janet Newton[/caption]
Janet Newton was stabbed 17-times by Pearson in a frenzied killing in 1986[/caption]
The mum-of-three, then 31, was caged a year after stabbing her love rival to death in a frenzied killing.
Pearson buried a sheath knife 17 times into the 23-year-old building society worker after hunting her down a Hartlepool street.
A Parole Board hearing was held on the January 17 for Pearson but it was adjourned.
It came as the board demanded mental health checks and plans for how she will live in the community.
The killer, aged 31 when she was caged, has served an extra 23-years past her minimum term of 12-years.
A source told MailOnline: “Maria is the prison system’s forgotten inmate.”
Teeside Crown Court was told the knife skewered Janet’s heart and she was left for dead in a pool of blood in Grange Road, Hartlepool.
Pearson, from the city, had married welder Malcolm Pearson bigamously in 1986 – days after the birth of their daughter Rachel.
But her “intense and stormy” relationship with Malcolm was “doomed” and their baby was taken into care after a serious incident at home.
After the split, Janet got together with Malcolm.
It sparked a rage-fuelled campaign by Pearson who abused Janet in the street and sent bile-filled letters to her mum.
She killed the 23-year-old and was caged via Imprisonment for Public Protection which only gave minimum sentences and no maximum.
In 2006 she had her Parole Board recommendation to be moved to an open prison and prepared for release rejected.
It followed bullying and intimidation allegations two years earlier at an open prison.
She accused then Home Secretary, John Reid, of a “politically motivated” rejection but she was blasted for her “unresponsiveness to treatment and unwillingness to conform”.
Pearson’s last review in July 2020 was rejected, partly because of her poor behaviour in prison.
The exact date of the Parole Board hearing has not been confirmed.
A Parole Board spokesperson told MailOnline: “Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care.
“Protecting the public is our number one priority.”
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Charles Bronson: Britain’s most notorious prisoner ‘planning boxing match with Tyson Fury when he leaves prison’
BRITAIN’S most notorious prisoner is reportedly planning a boxing fight comeback with Tyson Fury when he is freed from prison.
Charles Bronson, who has spent 47 years in jail, has kept himself in good nick during his time behind bars.
The notorious prisoner plans to get in touch with heavyweight champion and former pen pal Tyson Fury[/caption]
And he now plans to get in touch with reigning WBC heavyweight champion Fury to brush up on his fighting skills.
The ‘Gypsy King’, who is set to fight Derek Chisora in a trilogy bout next, is a former pen pal of Bronson.
Bronson hopes to use any potential winnings as a deposit on a seaside cottage with one promoter reportedly offering a six-figure, according to The Mirror.
The notorious inmate reportedly told his ex that “fighting just one man would be like eating beans on toast”.
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Ex-wife Irene Dunroe said the armed robber and jail brawler talked about his vision in a phone call from Woodhill prison in Milton Keynes, Bucks.
She added: “Charlie told me he agreed to a £100,000 comeback fight.
“He said ‘It’s honest money and getting in the ring with one person is like eating beans on toast’.”
Bronson had a brief career as a bare-knuckle fighter during one of his short stints outside jail in the 80s.
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And despite his age, Irene questioned how many would have the mettle to test themselves against Bronson on the canvas.
Irene said: “How many will have the guts to get in a ring with Charlie? While he has a notorious reputation for violence, he’s very disciplined and hard to beat.”
First arrested as a petty criminal, he was convicted and sentenced in 1974 to seven years’ imprisonment for armed robbery.
But he was later locked up for life after repeatedly having his sentence increased for attacking prison staff and taking them hostage.
And the hardened prisoner even has another unlikely dream according to his ex-wife.
Irene revealed that Bronson has hopes of singing on Britain’s Got Talent.
And the 70-year-old is even considering a duet with ex-gangster Dave Courtney with Irene saying “he (Bronson) has such a lovely voice”.
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Bronson has not been given an official release date as he is being held indefinitely.
In 2017, he insisted that he will be out “sooner than a lot think”, but he still remains behind bars.