Man charged with two counts of murder after Christmas Day ‘stabbing’

A 49-year-old man has been charged with two counts of murder after two women died in a suspected stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day.

Jazwell Brown, of Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley, has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count each of possession of a knife in a public place and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal in connection with the incident, Thames Valley Police said.

Formal identification has not yet taken place, but the force confirmed the identities of the victims as Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, both of Milton Keynes.

Officers were called to Santa Cruz Avenue at about 6.30pm on Wednesday where the two women died while a man in his late 20s and teenage boy were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Police previously said a dog which had been injured in the incident had died, but have since been informed it survived.

The force also confirmed the parties involved were known to each other.

The man and teenage boy were both said to be in a stable condition.

A large cordon was in place at the scene on Thursday and a forensics team could be seen walking up the stairs of a block of flats.

Numbered yellow evidence markers and first-aid kits were visible on the road and pavement outside the address, and on the boot of a car parked on the adjoining Trinidad Grove.

Brown has been remanded in custody and will appear at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.