Who is Maria Pearson and where is she now?

MARIA PEARSON has served over 30 years in jail for the homicide of Janet Newton in 1986.

Regardless of quite a few appeals for launch, she nonetheless stays behind bars. That is what we find out about her.

Maria Pearson has been in jail since 1987 for the homicide of Janet Newton

Who's Maria Pearson?

Maria Pearson is Britain's longest-serving feminine prisoner.

She was born on March 12, 1956, and is from Hartlepool.

Pearson was jailed in 1987 for the homicide of Janet Newton, her ex companion's new lover.

The mother-of-three was initially jailed for 12 years for the killing, however has been in jail for over 3 times that lengthy.

Pearson married welder Malcolm Pearson bigamously in 1986 - days after the start of their daughter Rachel.

However her "intense and stormy" relationship with Malcolm was "doomed" and their child was taken into care after a critical incident at house.

After the cut up, Malcolm moved on with new girlfriend Janet.

It sparked a rage-fuelled marketing campaign by Pearson who abused Janet on the street and despatched bile-filled letters to her mum.

Simply two days after Janet turned engaged to Malcolm, Pearson killed her love rival, 23, on the street by stabbing her 17 occasions..

Pearson was caged through Imprisonment for Public Safety which solely gave minimal sentences and no most.

The place is Maria Pearson now?

Pearson stays in jail, regardless of her tariff for the crime expiring 23 years in the past.

The sentence she has served is closing in on the period of time spent inside by Moors Assassin Myra Hindley, who spent 36 years behind bars on the time of her loss of life in 2002.

Will Maria Pearson be launched from jail?

In 2006, her Parole Board advice to be moved to an open jail and ready for launch was rejected.

It adopted bullying and intimidation allegations two years earlier at an open jail.

She accused then House Secretary, John Reid, of a "politically motivated" rejection however she was blasted for her "unresponsiveness to remedy and unwillingness to evolve".

Pearson's final evaluate in July 2020 was rejected, partly due to her poor behaviour in jail.

One other Parole Board listening to was held on January 17, 2023, but it surely was adjourned.

It got here because the board demanded psychological well being checks and plans for a way she's going to stay locally.

The precise date of the Parole Board listening to has not been confirmed.