Maria Pearson (murderer)

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Maria Pearson (born 12 March 1956), also known as the "UK's forgotten inmate" or the "forgotten prisoner", is a British convicted murderer who is notable for being the United Kingdom's longest-serving female prisoner. Having bigamously married a man in 1986 after two previous marriages, she had a violent relationship with him and separated after one month, only to become infuriated and jealous when the man met a new girlfriend. Aged 31, she decided to stalk the 23-year-old woman, abusing her and sending threatening letters to her mother. Subsequently, she stabbed the young woman 17 times in the street and killed her, stabbing her twice through the heart. In July 1987, she received a life sentence, with a minimum tariff of 12 years. As of 2023, she has been denied parole nine times. She has mostly refused to take part in rehabilitation programmes in prison, and has twice been sent back from open prisons due to repeated poor behaviour such as bullying and intimidation. She has refused to...

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