Maria Pearson (murderer)
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.