"My mum was killed by my brother over a bacon sandwich - no amount of jail time will be enough''
A heartbroken woman whose brother killed their mum over a bacon sandwich says ''no jail time will be enough''.
Jordan Bush, 22, was ''devastated'' after her mum, Kelly Pitt, 44, was murdered in May 2023.
Jordan's brother, Lewis Bush, 26, had flown into a rage with Kelly at their home in Newport, Wales, during a row over a bacon butty.
During his outburst, Kelly called her daughter who could hear Lewis ''shouting and screaming'' down the line.
After the call ended, Lewis went on to brutally murder his mum by punching, kicking and stamping her to death.
Jordan's partner, Kieran Saunders, 30, a labourer, found Kelly's body two days later and Lewis was arrested.
A post-mortem found Kelly had suffered internal bleeding and 41 rib fractures, with mirror glass and clumps of hair found around her body.
Newport Crown Court heard Lewis had subjected his mother to years of domestic violence.
Despite initially denying murder, Lewis changed his plea to guilty just 17 days before the trial was to begin in October 2023.
On 10 November 2023, Bush was jailed for life, with a minimum term of 16 years.
Jordan, a full-time mum, from Newport, Wales, said: "On our last call my mum asked me to call the police, but I didn't because I thought it was another one of their regular fights.
''The guilt of not calling 999 will haunt me forever.
"Little did I know that it was the last time I'd speak to her.
"Lewis and mum always had a complicated relationship but she never stopped loving him.
"I guess that was her downfall - she cared too much for someone who didn't deserve it.
"Me and mum would talk and text every day, so when I didn't hear from her for a couple of days, I knew something was wrong.
"When Kieran found my mum dead in the flat it was like my heart had been ripped out.
"16 years is not enough and I feel like I've been robbed of justice.
"No amount of time will ever be enough to make up for what a stunning person she was.
"Lewis is despicable and I'll never forgive him for taking my best friend away."
Jordan says her relationship with Lewis was "close when growing up" but became "strained" as they both got older.
After losing their sister, Lauren Bush, 24, in April 2021, Lewis' behaviour towards his mum worsened.
"It's always just been the three of us and mum,'' Jordan said.
"Even though he was my older brother, I'd put him in line when he'd lash out at mum.
"He'd listen to me but he'd, of course, carry on abusing her.
"I'd plead for mum to kick him out for good because of how horrible he was but she never would because he was her son.
"I tried to keep an eye on him because I knew what he was like."
On the day of the attack, May 10, 2023, Jordan describes her conversations with her mum as "normal".
At 9pm, Jordan received a distress call from Kelly during a heated argument between her and Lewis - during which she asked her daughter to ''call the police''.
Jordan Bush, 22, was ''devastated'' after her mum, Kelly Pitt, 44, was murdered in May 2023.
Jordan's brother, Lewis Bush, 26, had flown into a rage with Kelly at their home in Newport, Wales, during a row over a bacon butty.
During his outburst, Kelly called her daughter who could hear Lewis ''shouting and screaming'' down the line.
After the call ended, Lewis went on to brutally murder his mum by punching, kicking and stamping her to death.
Jordan's partner, Kieran Saunders, 30, a labourer, found Kelly's body two days later and Lewis was arrested.
A post-mortem found Kelly had suffered internal bleeding and 41 rib fractures, with mirror glass and clumps of hair found around her body.
Newport Crown Court heard Lewis had subjected his mother to years of domestic violence.
Despite initially denying murder, Lewis changed his plea to guilty just 17 days before the trial was to begin in October 2023.
On 10 November 2023, Bush was jailed for life, with a minimum term of 16 years.
Jordan, a full-time mum, from Newport, Wales, said: "On our last call my mum asked me to call the police, but I didn't because I thought it was another one of their regular fights.
''The guilt of not calling 999 will haunt me forever.
"Little did I know that it was the last time I'd speak to her.
"Lewis and mum always had a complicated relationship but she never stopped loving him.
"I guess that was her downfall - she cared too much for someone who didn't deserve it.
"Me and mum would talk and text every day, so when I didn't hear from her for a couple of days, I knew something was wrong.
"When Kieran found my mum dead in the flat it was like my heart had been ripped out.
"16 years is not enough and I feel like I've been robbed of justice.
"No amount of time will ever be enough to make up for what a stunning person she was.
"Lewis is despicable and I'll never forgive him for taking my best friend away."
Jordan says her relationship with Lewis was "close when growing up" but became "strained" as they both got older.
After losing their sister, Lauren Bush, 24, in April 2021, Lewis' behaviour towards his mum worsened.
"It's always just been the three of us and mum,'' Jordan said.
"Even though he was my older brother, I'd put him in line when he'd lash out at mum.
"He'd listen to me but he'd, of course, carry on abusing her.
"I'd plead for mum to kick him out for good because of how horrible he was but she never would because he was her son.
"I tried to keep an eye on him because I knew what he was like."
On the day of the attack, May 10, 2023, Jordan describes her conversations with her mum as "normal".
At 9pm, Jordan received a distress call from Kelly during a heated argument between her and Lewis - during which she asked her daughter to ''call the police''.
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00:00 Hi, my name is Jordan Bush. I'd like to tell you a story about my brother Lewis Bush who
00:09 murdered my mum Kelly Pitts.
00:16 On Wednesday the 10th of May 2023, at 20 past nine at night, there was the last phone call
00:23 I received off my mum which was her screaming down the phone telling, saying "George, ring
00:30 the police love, he's going to do something" and I had told her "no, no, be quiet, it's
00:37 late" and whilst saying that I could hear Lewis in the background saying "just confirm
00:44 to her you wouldn't let me have a sausage and bacon effing sandwich" and he repeated
00:50 that about three or four times whilst saying it, whilst I was on the phone to my mum and
00:56 in the end I put the phone down because my little girl was sleeping, of course it's 20
01:00 past nine at night.
01:04 Thursday morning I wakes up 20 past five, I had whatsapped and I had messaged "morning
01:10 mum, you okay?" I think it was around six o'clock or half past six on Thursday morning
01:15 I made a phone call then to my mum's mobile and Lewis answered it "morning George, you
01:21 just woke me up, you okay?" He said "morning Lou, how's mum, well put mum on, she's not
01:28 well, she's in bed, she's being sick" I rang at six o'clock in the morning on Friday but
01:34 when I got off the phone that's when my gut started to do something and my partner was
01:41 then saying "he's done something" I think it was around ten, quarter past ten on Friday
01:48 I called back "hello Lou, George I just come back and mum's unconscious" I said "what
01:53 do you mean, I think she's took an overdose" and then in the end I said "I'm coming down,
01:58 I'm coming down now"
02:02 My partner said to me "wait here love, I'll go"
02:08 Mum's door wasn't wide open but if you put the handle down you could walk in and her
02:12 phone was on the table, no Lewis was there, he had left the phone on the table and he
02:17 had gone within seconds from him going to the living room to my mum's bedroom "oh my
02:23 god love, ring an ambulance, she's black and blue" "he's battered her George, George he's
02:28 battered her, he's freezing, she's freezing" The neighbour who had let him in the door
02:33 was already on the phone to the paramedics outside, he said "George there's nothing they
02:38 can do, they said she's gone" and I broke down
02:46 So my brother Lewis Bosch had only got sentenced to 16 years and that was absolutely disgusting,
02:52 I feel like I've been robbed by the justice, I cannot move forward with life or get on
02:57 with that as my mum's only 44 at the time, if he does serve 16 years he will get out
03:02 and only be 44, that's no justice for us or my mum. Lewis, my brother actually laughed
03:08 at me when he got gaven 16 years and I got up and walked out and he was sat there laughing,
03:16 I just can't process the sentence. My mum was a loving, caring, beautiful woman who
03:30 would do anything to help anyone.
03:32 "I'm sorry"
03:33 [BLANK_AUDIO]