Browns brasserie founder and his sister were told by GP not to give his mother, 100, any more pain killing medication before they ‘murdered her with morphine’, court hears

A court has heard that a GP advised Jeremy Mogford and his sister Sarah Pickering not to give their 100-year-old mother, Pamela, any more pain medication. The siblings are accused of murdering her with morphine at her home in February 2022, in an attempt to speed up her death; both deny the charge.

The GP, Dr Thomas Neale, told Oxford Crown Court he gave Pamela two 2.5mg morphine injections on the day before she died and left ampoules for a doctor to use if needed. He described her as having little previous exposure to opioids and said he had chosen small doses. Prosecutors allege the siblings gave her at least four times the morphine dose administered by the GP.