Woman appears in court charged with murdering sister in north London flat
Nancy Pexton appeared at Highbury Corner magistrates court charged with murdering Jennifer Abbott
UK - Jennifer Abbott, 69, murdered in Camden, 13 June 2025
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She repeated her name and date of birth very softly. Asked to confirm her address, she murmured: 'Nowhere, at the moment.'
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
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.
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Is that a photo of the two sisters?
It's really awful that the neighborhood was a known area for drug activity. Seemed like a posh address.
"Posh address"??
With Council flats and
"dominated by crime leaving people 'frightened' "??
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.
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.
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Camden is a typical if many parts of London. To live in a decent property, you're either wealthy or living in social housing. Many young professionals have to live in houseshares to afford to live in the area. There is no in between.
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I agree roughly with your summary, but to be completely fair that's not true for people of Jennifer's age group. She was 69.
Do we know if she owned her property, or was in receipt of social housing, or let it on the private market? All these things are possible within modern council estates.
I think it also used to be much easier to get social housing than it is now too.
Woman, 69, charged with sister's murder in missing Rolex case - BBC News
A 69-year-old woman appeared before Highbury Magistrates' Court and was remanded into custody.
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They must have Nancy on CCTV entering and leaving that flat, or the area. Those estates are usually covered in CCTV.
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Got to have - this strikes me as spur of the moment madness but who knows.
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I think I have read somewhere that there is only 9 months difference in ages between them, Jennifer being the eldest.
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''Nancy Pexton, also 69, appeared at Highbury Magistrates' Court today, where she spoke only to confirm her name and date of birth. It is understood she is nine months younger than her sister.
Pexton, of no fixed address, wore a grey prison issue tracksuit at the short hearing.
She was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday 24 June.''
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'Her Corgi dog survived after being locked in a toilet for 72 hours as Ms Abbott lay dead nearby, neighbours said.'
"That poor dog, he couldn’t even drink any water, it’s amazing he was even still alive.”
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.
Pexton, of no fixed address, wore a grey prison issue tracksuit at the short hearing.
She was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday 24 June.''
'Rolex killers' locked woman's dog in toilet for 72 hours as she lay dead nearby
Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered wrapped in a blanket three days after she was last seen alive close to her home near London Zoo in Camden, north London
"That poor dog, he couldn’t even drink any water, it’s amazing he was even still alive.”
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Massive speculation here:
It is of course just about biologically possible, but I wonder if they are half- (same father), step- or foster or adopted sisters. I personally strongly doubt that they will turn out to be full blood sisters. They are also age wise from the era where illegitimate teenage pregnancies were still obscured by grandmothers claiming their daughters’ children as their own and raising them as such.
There are also people who will introduce a person as their brother, sister, and (especially) “cousin”, who is no blood relation at all. And lots of people had their teenage friends move in due to things going on at their own homes, and been treated as part of the family forever ever after that.
I’m interested to know more about Jennifer Abbott, not wishing to speak ill of someone who has passed but I’m not sure whether the “Hollywood career” wasn’t rather a bit of a tall story for the neighbours, from someone who had spent a time living in LA. Lots of people make short films, get producer credit or have very minor acting careers, I think that’s as far as it went (nothing wrong with that and I hope Ms Abbott enjoyed it).
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This is interesting in the most recent Sky news article:
"There has been an increased police presence in the area as detectives explore "several lines of inquiry"."
I wonder if this is still the case. If they have not located the watch yet, then perhaps they are still looking for another perp.
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"There has been an increased police presence in the area as detectives explore "several lines of inquiry"."
I wonder if this is still the case. If they have not located the watch yet, then perhaps they are still looking for another perp.
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.
Oh I was just wondering if they were twins both 69 years
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.
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Who is Jennifer Abbott aka Sarah Steinberg? All about the British director found dead in London flat
A 69-year-old British-American filmmaker named Jennifer Abbott, who made her films under the professional name Sarah Steinberg, was recently discovered dead in her Camden council flat, and a police in
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Who is Jennifer Abbott aka Sarah Steinberg? All about the British director found dead in London flat
A 69-year-old British-American filmmaker named Jennifer Abbott, who made her films under the professional name Sarah Steinberg, was recently discovered dead in her Camden council flat, and a police in
I think this article has used a photograph of the *other* Jennifer Abbott who is also a film director. Very confusing!
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