Overview

• Nancy Pexton, 69, appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on June 20 charged with murdering her sister, film director Jennifer Abbott.
• Abbott was found on June 13 in her Camden flat wrapped in a blanket with tape over her mouth; a post-mortem confirmed sharp force trauma as the cause of death.
• Deputy District Judge Lee Marklew remanded Pexton in custody pending her scheduled Old Bailey hearing on June 24.
• Abbott’s corgi, Prince, was discovered locked in a bathroom and survived alone for up to three days.
• Scotland Yard is investigating whether the theft of Abbott’s diamond-encrusted Rolex provided a motive for the killing.