A girl has been discovered responsible of murdering and decapitating her good friend in a row over cash.
Jemma Mitchell, 38, had been accused of killing pensioner Mee Kuen Chong and dumping her headless physique greater than 200 miles away in Devon in an effort to inherit a whole bunch of hundreds of kilos.
Mitchell, another therapist, hit the 67-year-old over the top with a weapon at her London dwelling and left her decapitated and badly decomposed physique in woods in Salcombe, two weeks later.
The prosecution claimed Mitchell had deliberate to homicide the divorcee, referred to as Deborah, and faux her will to inherit the vast majority of her property which was price greater than £700,000.
Mitchell denied having something to do together with her good friend’s dying and declined to present proof at her trial.
Detective Chief Inspector Jim Eastwood, who led the investigation, described it as a “truly despicable crime”.
During the trial, jurors considered CCTV footage of Mitchell arriving at Ms Chong’s dwelling carrying a big blue suitcase, allegedly containing her homicide package, on the morning of 11 June final 12 months.
More than 4 hours later, she emerged from the property in Wembley, north-west London, with the suitcase showing bulkier and heavier.
The prosecution mentioned CCTV appeared to point out Mitchell struggling to hold the unwieldy suitcase as a result of it contained a physique. She additionally had together with her a smaller bag stuffed with Ms Chong’s monetary paperwork, which have been later recovered from Mitchell’s dwelling.
After Ms Chong’s lodger reported her lacking, Mitchell claimed she had gone to go to household mates “somewhere close to the ocean”.
The prosecution prompt Mitchell had decapitated Ms Chong and saved her stays within the backyard of the home she shared together with her retired mom in Willesden, north-west London.
On June 26 final 12 months, Mitchell stowed the physique contained in the suitcase within the boot of a rent automotive and drove to Devon.
On her option to Salcombe, Mitchell was compelled to drive right into a service station after the automotive blew a tyre. A repairman who modified the wheel described an “odd musty smell” contained in the automobile.
Ms Chong’s headless physique was discovered by holidaymakers beside a woodland footpath close to Salcombe the subsequent day.
Her cranium was recovered a couple of metres away from the physique following a police search.
The courtroom heard that Mitchell and Ms Chong, who met by way of church, had exchanged a number of messages about renovating Mitchell’s dwelling in Willesden.
Jurors have been informed that Mitchell got here up with the plan to homicide Ms Chong after she backed out of giving her £200,000 to pay for repairs for Mitchell’s £4 million dilapidated household dwelling.
After her corpse was found, police discovered a solid will of Ms Chong’s leaving the majority of her property to Mitchell.
The blue suitcase had been saved on the roof of a neighbour’s shed and though no forensic proof was recovered from it, Ms Chong’s DNA was recognized on a bloodstained tea towel in a pocket.
On her web site, Mitchell had claimed she was “attuned to subjects in neuroanatomy, genetics and dissection of human cadavers”. It can now be reported that she has a conviction for a breach of a non-molestation order regarding members of the family.
Standing within the dock, Mitchell appeared emotionless and closed her eyes briefly as the decision was delivered.
Mitchell was remanded into custody and can be sentenced on Friday.
Source: information.sky.com”