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

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Legal argument before the jury sworn in possibly ?

 

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Maybe,a last minute guilty plea,?

 

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​ Details: For Trial - Prosecution Opening - 11:20

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Woman killed sister at Camden flat and took Rolex, court told

Nancy Pexton, 69, denies murdering her sister Jennifer Abbott Dauward and stealing her Rolex.

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Mr Boyce said Ms Abbott was not in good health, and described as 'frail and inactive', although she regularly walked her dog, a large Corgi.

Mr Boyce told jurors the 'traumatic nature' of Ms Abbott's death proves her assailant intended to kill the victim or cause her really serious harm.

He said: 'You may think that the circumstances are such that there can be no sensible argument that she was anything other than unlawfully killed, that there was no legal justification or excuse for the killing, she was not killed in self-defence for example.

'In short, say the prosecution, for sure Jennifer Abbott was murdered.

'The central issue in the case is whether the defendant was responsible for the murder, or did someone else, after the defendant had come along, kill?

'The prosecution say you can be sure that Nancy Pexton did kill her sister.'

Woman 'stabbed film director sister to death and took her Rolex'

Nancy Pexton (left) has gone on trial charged with murdering her sister, Jennifer Abbott (right), last year. Prosecutors said the defendant, who turns 70 on Friday, also took her sister's Rolex watch.

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On June 10 last year, Nancy Pexton phoned Jennifer at 11.36am and the sisters spoke for 15 minutes and 33 seconds.
An hour later, Pexton visited Jennifer at her home and stayed for an hour, jurors heard.
Mr Boyce said: “The prosecution say that during that hour she murdered her sister.
“There is no evidence of Jennifer Abbott being alive, no evidence of anyone seeing or speaking to her after the defendant left.
“There was no evidence of any meaningful usage of her phone after that call at 11.36am.”
Jurors heard Pexton left the flat and called her GP, saying she had taken an overdose.

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Woman killed in north London by sister who stole her Rolex, Old Bailey hears

Jennifer Abbott, a film-maker, was found dead in her Camden flat with Nancy Pexton, 69, accused of her murder

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Woman killed in north London by sister who stole her Rolex, Old Bailey hears

Jennifer Abbott, a film-maker, was found dead in her Camden flat with Nancy Pexton, 69, accused of her murder

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From that article

"After the alleged killing, Pexton was found to have called her GP claiming to taken an overdose, leading to her being hospitalised. Before being admitted to hospital, Pexton allegedly told a 999 operator that she had been abused by her family, but they were “very powerful” and would kill her if she ever reported the abuse to authorities.

The blue dungarees Pexton wore on the day of the alleged murder were covered in Abbott’s blood, the court heard, and she allegedly asked one of her daughters to wash or dispose of them in hospital. Pexton claimed the blood was a result of her sister suffering a nosebleed while the pair hugged.

Pexton later told police her sister had been in “good spirits” when she last saw her, and she did not remember details around the time Abbott is thought to have died as she had “blacked out”."

 

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"Pexton denies murder, and said she was only visiting Ms Abbott to get hold of pills to help with her depression, suggesting a local drug dealer may have been responsible for the murder.

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The court heard Pexton arrived at her sister's one-bedroom flat carrying some KFC fast food and diet coke, and left roughly an hour later.

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The court heard Pexton told police she hugged her sister while the latter suffered a nosebleed.

This, she said, was the reason Ms Abbott's blood was later discovered on her clothing - although a forensic scientist said it was more likely as a result of stabbing her sister multiple times.

She also said her sister claimed someone living in the same block of flats was due to turn up later to sell cannabis. "

Woman 'stabbed film director sister to death and took her Rolex'

Nancy Pexton (left) has gone on trial charged with murdering her sister, Jennifer Abbott (right), last year. Prosecutors said the defendant, who turns 70 on Friday, also took her sister's Rolex watch.

www.dailymail.co.uk