Alleged killer of two women said he was ‘psychopath with a conscience’, jury told

Mark Brown, 41, from East Sussex, accused of murdering Alexandra Morgan and Leah Ware in 2021

A man accused of murdering two women described himself as a psychopath with a conscience" and held one of his victims captive for months in a shipping container, a court has heard.

Mark Brown, 41, a groundworks labourer from St Leonards, East Sussex, was accused of murdering Alexandra Morgan, 34, and Leah Ware, 33, at the opening of his trial at Hove crown court. Brown has pleaded not guilty to both charges.