Wiktoria Maksymowicz stabbed Mr Browne once in the neck in his Poleglass home, which was a culmination of prior incidents of domestic violence. The court heard that due to his level of intoxication on the evening of October 14, 2022, it's highly likely that Mr Browne was unconscious when he was stabbed and killed in the bedroom of his bungalow at Woodside Park. As relatives of the deceased, including his twin daughters Bobbi-Leigh and Shannon McIlwaine sat in the public gallery at Belfast Crown Court today, Mr Justice O'Hara spoke of a history of "casual domestic violence" Maksymowicz inflicted upon Mr Browne.
Mr Browne’s family described him as a “kind, generous, loving, humorous and beautiful human being” after today’s sentencing. The court heard that as a result of their father's murder, the twins have both been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The senior judge said the murder was aggravated by a violent incident the night before when Maksymowicz stabbed Mr Browne in the leg with a knife in front of his nephew.
Mr Justice O'Hara also spoke of prior incidents of violence which Maksymowicz inflicted upon Mr Browne during their six-month relationship which were not reported to the PSNI. Maksymowicz pleaded guilty in May to three offences of aggravated by reason of involving domestic abuse, including murder, and was handed a life sentence. The Polish national, with an address at Woodside Park, pleaded guilty to murdering Mr Browne on October 14, 2022, and.