UK - Jennifer Abbott, 69, murdered in Camden, 13 June 2025

[Cardgame]

Film director, 69, murdered ‘for diamond encrusted Rolex watch’ at Camden home

Murdered Jennifer Abbott’s neighbours say her killers locked her dog in the bathroom and taped her mouth before ransacking the house

www.standard.co.uk

"A manhunt is under way after an award-winning film director was found murdered in her home near Regent’s Park.
Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in Mornington Place in Camden at 6pm on Friday. Neighbours claimed she was found wrapped in a blanket with tape over her mouth.

Police believe she may have been targeted for her diamond encrusted Rolex watch.

Ms Abbott walked her Corgi dog on most days near the address a short distance from London Zoo. She had been popular in the enclave where homes sell for over £10 million.
Metropolitan Police officers were called by the London Ambulance Service who attended and sadly pronounced her dead at the scene.
They suspect a luxury timepiece may be missing from her address. The killer is still at large."

 

[Cardgame]

Jennifer Abbott

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Her facebook (as per the Evening Standard link above)

 

[Skigh]

Woman, 66, arrested over murder of film director found dead in flat

Police arrested the 66-year-old on Wednesday in connection with the stabbing of Jennifer Abbott. She has been remanded in custody. The director was stabbed to death in her council flat.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[dotr]

Woman 'killed for her Rolex' had 'lost everything' after moving from US

Police say a diamond-encrusted Rolex belonging to Jennifer Abbott, who went by the stage name Sarah Steinberg, was missing from her Camden flat after she was found dead from stab wounds

www.mirror.co.uk

Police believe a diamond encrusted Rolex is missing from Jennifer’s home

 

[Cardgame]

Woman, 66, arrested over murder of film director found dead in flat

Police arrested the 66-year-old on Wednesday in connection with the stabbing of Jennifer Abbott. She has been remanded in custody. The director was stabbed to death in her council flat.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Blimey a 66 year old woman suspect and a 69 year old woman victim. This case is very unusual. I wonder if police tracked the Rolex.

I have a feeling this is far from a simple 'robbery' . Once they managed to cover her mouth and contain the dog to 'ransack the house', why bother to stab her? Doesn't the stabbing feel personal?

 

[Skigh]

Hellhole London estate where film director was 'murdered for Rolex'

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was stabbed to death in her council flat in Camden on Friday just days after she was last seen by neighbours walking her pet corgi Prince.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Families living on the London estate where an award-winning film director was 'murdered for her Rolex' claim they are too scared to go out after it became a hub for drug dealers.
On Thursday afternoon, the Metropolitan Police arrested a woman, 66, over Ms Abbott's murder. It is thought that her diamond-encrusted Rolex may be missing from her address.

The director, who counted Paris Hilton, Kate Hudson and Dan Ackroyd among her A-lister friends, moved to the capital after 'losing everything' from her life as a 'movie star'.

And residents of the Mornington Place estate where she lived have now told MailOnline that the neighbourhood is dominated by crime, leaving people 'frightened'.

Jean Moorcroft Wilson, 83, moved there with her publisher husband in 1979 when there was a friendly community in the area.

She explained that cutting it off from the main road had encouraged drug dealing.

 

[Skigh]

Missing Rolex case: Woman in court charged with murder after 69-year-old sister stabbed in her north London flat

Jennifer Abbott was found dead by her niece and neighbours, who broke her door down after her family had not heard from her for several days. She had last been seen walking her corgi in the area on 10 June.

news.sky.com

Nancy Pexton, also 69, has been charged by the Metropolitan Police and is due to appear at Highbury Magistrates' Court later today.

Woman, 69, charged with sister's murder in missing Rolex case

A 69-year-old woman appeared before Highbury Magistrates' Court and was remanded into custody.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nancy Pexton, of Gloucester Place, Westminster has been charged with murder and is due to appear later at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court, the Metropolitan Police said.

 

[Sarahlou]

Can't get my head around this one.
69 year old woman charged? Bizarre.
Very interested to know what this was all about.

 

[Skigh]

Can't get my head around this one.
69 year old woman charged? Bizarre.
Very interested to know what this was all about.

The watch is missing so theft could be the motive.

 

[Tortoise]

News -20 June 2025 08:59Share

Woman charged with murder of Jennifer Abbott​

A woman has been charged with murder following a death in Camden.

Nancy Pexton, 69 (10.04.1956), of Gloucester Place, Westminster was charged on Friday, 20 June.

She is remanded in custody to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 20 June.

Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 18:00hrs on Friday, 13 June to a report of an unresponsive woman at her home in Mornington Place, Camden.

Officers attended and found a woman with stab injuries. She was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

She was identified as 69-year-old Jennifer Abbott.

Her next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.

Woman charged with murder of Jennifer Abbott

Suspect will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Friday, 20 June.

news.met.police.uk

 

[Tortoise]

The watch is missing so theft could be the motive.

Maybe they had a dispute about money.

 

[Sarahlou]

The watch is missing so theft could be the motive.

Definitely. I'd be interested to know how this all came about though and if/how they knew each other etc. Very odd for a woman to commit a crime like this, let alone one of her age.

 

[Skigh]

Definitely. I'd be interested to know how this all came about though and if they knew each other etc. Very odd for a woman to commit a crime like this, let alone one of her age.

So would I. I would be very surprised if Nancy Pexton was unknown to Jennifer.

 

[Maxo]

A FB search on the victim shows a post from 2015 from her mentioning the accused in a social event. I gather they were, at the least, acquaintances.

 

[dotr]

The Times

Woman charged with murder of her film director sister in ‘Rolex’ case

Nancy Pexton, 69, is accused of killing Jennifer Abbott in London on June 10 when a valuable diamond watch went missing

www.thetimes.com

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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-woman-charged-murder-film-director-home-camden-b1233970.htmlWoman charged with murder of her film director sister in 'Rolex' case​

''Jennifer Abbott, 69, also known as Sarah Steinberg, was found in Mornington Place, at 6pm on Friday.

Neighbours claimed she was found wrapped in a blanket with tape over her mouth.
Nancy Pexton, also 69, of Gloucester Place, Westminster, was arrested on Wednesday and appeared in custody at Highbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
It is said she murdered Ms Abbott on June 10, three days before the discovery of her body.
Wearing a prison-issue grey tracksuit, Pexton spoke to confirm her name and date of birth, and told the court she is currently of no fixed address.''

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[Sarahlou]

Oh wow, her sister? A twist I didn't see coming!

 

[Parker Knoll]

No - me neither.

 

[Skigh]

Woman, 69, charged with sister's murder in missing Rolex case

A 69-year-old woman appeared before Highbury Magistrates' Court and was remanded into custody.

www.bbc.co.uk

post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as sharp force trauma.
It is understood Ms Pexton is nine months younger than Ms Abbott.

 

[Skigh]

Sister of film director, 69, appears in court charged with her murder

The sister of a film director found dead in her Camden flat this morning appeared in court charged with her murder.

www.dailymail.co.uk

She repeated her name and date of birth very softly. Asked to confirm her address, she murmured: 'Nowhere, at the moment.'

Her solicitor told the court she had no fixed address.

Deputy District Judge Lee Marklew told her: 'You've seen your advisor this morning. You will be before the crown court on Tuesday next week. You will meet you barrister than and receive more advice over the coming days. You need to bide your time. This is an administrative hearing.'

Earlier, the judge was told that Ms Pexton was 'very vulnerable', and her solicitor asked if she could be allowed to sit down during the hearing.

 

[Parker Knoll]

This will be a sad story no doubt.