Mark Brown still claims he did not kill Leah Ware and that she is still alive.
Image source, Sussex/Kent PoliceA builder who murdered two women he met on an escort website has been jailed.
Mark Brown, 41, of St Leonards, East Sussex, killed Alexandra Morgan and Leah Ware, who went missing six months apart in 2021.
Brown, who never revealed what happened to Ms Ware, had predicted to his boss during the police investigation that he was “going down” for at least 25 years.
Judge Mr Justice Nicholas Hilliard jailed him for life and said he would serve a minimum of 49 years.
At a hearing in December, Judge Hillard said he was considering sentencing Brown to a whole-life term.
The judge had told the court if Brown wished to confirm what he had done with Ms Ware’s body, that would be something he would take into consideration ahead of sentencing.
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