Woman ‘caught on CCTV dragging suitcase with friend she murdered inside’

Jemma Mitchell, 38, is accused of killing Mee Kuen Chong, 67, over cash (Image: PA)

A 38-year-old lady accused of murdering her aged pal was caught on CCTV dragging round a big suitcase containing her physique, a court docket has heard.

Jemma Mitchell allegedly battered 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong to dying with a ‘blunt object’ at her dwelling in Wembley, north London, earlier than decapitating her in June final 12 months.

Her physique was discovered 200 miles away in a Devon woodland two weeks later, whereas her head was dicovered within the undergrowth close by a number of days later.

The court docket heard Mitchell, who denies homicide, was educated in human dissection and had fallen out with Ms Chong over cash.

Footage performed to jurors was mentioned to indicate Mitchell strolling from her tackle in Willesden to Ms Chong’s dwelling carrying a big blue suitcase and a backpack.

She arrived at 8.01am and emerged round 5 hours later carrying the suitcase and one other bag containing the sufferer’s monetary paperwork, the Previous Bailey heard.

Reconstructed CCTV clips confirmed her strolling by way of streets and a grass verge for 2 hours, throughout which she allegedly known as varied cab firms 9 instances earlier than she was picked up and dropped off outdoors her tackle.

That night she was handled in hospital for a damaged finger, saying she shut it in a door.

Mitchell, a religious Christian, allegedly mentioned she was ‘attuned to the dissection of people’ (Image: Archant)

‘Weak’ Ms Chong was allegedly pressured at hand over £200,000 (Image: Central Information)

Extra footage was mentioned to have confirmed Mitchell stopping her Volvo close to Bristol and, later, turning right into a Co-op storage close to Salcombe with a flat tyre.

After a wheel change, the automotive was seen on a highway only a few metres from the place Ms Chong’s physique was discovered.

Mitchell, a religious Christian, had studied osteopathy and her skilled web site mentioned she was ‘attuned to topics in neuroanatomy, genetics and dissection of human cadavers’, jurors had been instructed.

Mitchell’s actions within the hours after Ms Chong’s dying had been traced by way of CCTV (Image: PA)

After working as an osteopath in Australia for seven years, she returned to the UK and has not labored since, the Previous Bailey heard.

She was mentioned to have been dwelling along with her mom at a dilapidated home in Brent when she befriended Ms Chong by way of church.

Ms Chong, who was described as weak with considerations round her psychological wellbeing, agreed at hand over £200,000 to assist with repairs earlier than having a change of coronary heart, prosecutors say.

The trial continues.

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