{"id":29503,"date":"2025-06-20T07:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29503"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:29:19","slug":"woman-charged-with-murder-in-missing-rolex-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/06\/20\/woman-charged-with-murder-in-missing-rolex-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged with murder in missing Rolex case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">A 69-year-old-woman has been charged with murdering another woman who was found fatally stabbed in her home in Camden, north London.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg, was found by her niece and neighbours at her home in Mornington Place on 13 June. The neighbour said she had been left with tape across her mouth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nancy Pexton, of Gloucester Place, Westminster has been charged with murder and is due to appear later at Highbury Corner Magistrates&#8217; Court, the Metropolitan Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Detectives previously said the 69-year-old&#8217;s death may have been linked to a diamond-encrusted Rolex watch that they believed was missing from the victim&#8217;s address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A post-mortem examination concluded Ms Abbott died as a result of sharp force trauma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The force added that her family had been informed and were being supported by specialist officers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10wcwg8-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-12gl1u2-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-58fal4-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/aecb\/live\/972543b0-4db0-11f0-84e5-a32bf281c393.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/aecb\/live\/972543b0-4db0-11f0-84e5-a32bf281c393.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/aecb\/live\/972543b0-4db0-11f0-84e5-a32bf281c393.jpg.webp 480w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/606\/cpsprodpb\/aecb\/live\/972543b0-4db0-11f0-84e5-a32bf281c393.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/aecb\/live\/972543b0-4db0-11f0-84e5-a32bf281c393.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/aecb\/live\/972543b0-4db0-11f0-84e5-a32bf281c393.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/aecb\/live\/972543b0-4db0-11f0-84e5-a32bf281c393.jpg 480w\" alt=\"A gold Rolex watch with a diamond encrusted face\" width=\"606\" height=\"405\" \/><\/picture><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-bm8gf8-StyledFigureCaption ehbdhz00\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1ml6m0y-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Rolex watch with a diamond-encrusted face was missing from the victim&#8217;s address when her body was found (<span class=\"ssrcss-2z7a81-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image: <\/span>Met Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ms Abbott was a popular member of the community, according to the Met.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She was often seen walking her corgi dog in the Camden area where she was last spotted on 10 June, three days before her body was found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One of her neighbours, who did not want to be named, said Ms Abbott was &#8220;mysterious, and very smart and intelligent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We would chat in the street most of the time. I used to walk around the block with her with her dog,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;She had done a lot of things in her life. She was a doctor but she was also an actor and director in America. She&#8217;d directed a movie and I looked at it on YouTube and saw her interviewed in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;She was a character, she was lovely,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy5wl3ddek7o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A 69-year-old-woman has been charged with murdering another woman who was found fatally stabbed in her home in Camden, north London. Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg, was found by her niece and neighbours <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/06\/20\/woman-charged-with-murder-in-missing-rolex-case\/\" title=\"Woman charged with murder in missing Rolex case\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[11388,11389,302,1419,3064],"class_list":{"0":"post-29503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-uk","9":"tag-camden","10":"tag-highbury-corner-magistrates-court","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-stabbing","13":"tag-westminster","14":"pmpro-has-access"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29505,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29503\/revisions\/29505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}