Sister's Murder, Rolex Theft: 69-Year-Old on Trial

0:00On April 10th, a 69-year-old woman from Merrillbone is on trial at the Old Bailey, accused of murdering her older sister and swiping her prized. Diamond encrested Rolex watch. Nancy Pexton showed up via video link yesterday to plead not guilty as prosecutors laid out their case to the jury. Her sister, Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg, was found stabbed to death in her morning tin crescent flat last June 13th. The body had been there for about three days by the time emergency crews arrived around 5.45 pm, prompted by a worried neighbor who busted. In the door, no barking from Abbott's corgi, prints, raised the alarms, and the dog was locked in the bathroom. Abbott's niece, my pexton, one of the defendant's daughters, discovered the grim scene with the victim covered in a blanket, mouth taped shut with, gaffer tape, and a defensive wound on her hand. Prosecutors say the missing Rolex is central to their argument since Abbott never took it off, not even to sleep or shower, and it held huge.

1:01Sentimental value. Pexton had visited that morning, allegedly stabbed her sister during that short window, then bolted from the flat. Afterward, Pexton called her doctor, claiming she'd overdosed, got rushed to university college hospital, and told paramedics she'd blacked out on the last 90 minutes. Abbott's charged her with murder right there in the hospital on June 18th, while searching her place, the trials rolling on, with that watch likely stealing the spotlight as the case unfolds.