Killer who sliced film director sister in neck and stole gold Rolex gets life sentence

A woman has been jailed after slashing her film director sister in the neck and stealing her diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch. Nancy Pexton, 70, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 22 years after she was found guilty of murdering Jennifer Abbott , 69, on June 10 last year before leaving her body to lie in her Camden flat for three days. The Old Bailey trial heard how Pexton stabbed her sibling 10 times and covered her mouth with adhesive tape before leaving her dead on the floor of her Camden flat wearing just her knickers. Pexton was jealous of her documentary-making sister, the prosecution said, with the pair frequently arguing and making up. Ms Abbott’s son Brad Carlson described a “bubbling” resentment between the two. Giving evidence via videolink, Mr Carlson said: “There was interaction and sometimes anger and hostility between my mother and Nancy, there was resentment seemingly bubbling up.” When the family became worried about Ms Abbott, Pexton sent her own daughter to check on her knowing she would find her auntie dead. Ms Abbott's Corgi Prince was found alive shut in the bathroom, having survived there for three days. The court heard how after leaving the flat following the murder Pexton called her GP saying she had taken an overdose and was admitted to hospital. Police investigating the murder interviewed her in hospital where Pexton told cops her sister would never take her Rolex off. However, when she was arrested on June 18 police found the watch in her bag. She then said her sister had given it to her to keep for her. Further evidence of Pexton’s resentment was found in a series of notes on her phone in which she referred to thinking about killing her “evil” sister and complained about other family members. Prosecutor William Boyce, KC, said: "She is not only an emotional killer but she was also in relation to this matter, a provable liar." He added: 'This is a family, domestic killing where emotions are rife. "Jennifer just ate into her for all sorts of reasons she had what Pexton did not." Pexton, who was nine months younger than her sister, chose not to give evidence; she denied murder but was convicted by an Old Bailey jury on Wednesday after two hours and 45 minutes of deliberation.