Real estate developer Jemma Mitchell, 38, who is trained in body dissection, was allegedly toting a bulky suitcase containing the body of pensioner Mee Kuen Chong, 67, who beat her to death before decapitating her in a fight for money.
Jemma is accused of killing the victim at her home in Wembley, UK, on June 11 last year before driving over 200 miles to dispose of her headless body in Salcombe, Devon.
The pensioner was last seen on June 9, 2021. The victim’s body was found by a family on vacation in a forest, with the head ‘chopped off’ ten meters from the rest of the body.
The two women have known each other since August 2020. The dispute between them was sparked by a dispute over money to pay for hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of repairs to Jemma’s home, which Mee had reportedly pressured into giving her the money.
Street camera footage shows the property developer lugging a suitcase containing the victim’s body, along with a second suitcase containing financial documents, around London for two hours.
The court heard that Jemma entered Chaplin Road, where the pensioner lived, with what appeared to be an empty suitcase before reappearing five hours later with the same bag, which looked much heavier.
The blue suitcase was not seen again until June 26, 15 days later. That day, jurors were told the suspect rented a Volvo from Hertz and placed a white sheet in the trunk before attempting to stow the bag in the back of the car.
The vehicle was later seen on Bennett Road, just yards from where Mee’s body was found. The victim’s skull was only discovered a few days later in the undergrowth.
The suitcase was later recovered in Jemma’s neighbor’s shed near the party fence in Brondesbury Park. In her front pocket, according to the court, was a bloodstained tea towel that showed DNA traces of the pensioner.
The jury was also told that the real estate developer became the primary beneficiary of Mee’s will.
Jemma denies the murder and claims the pensioner’s death had “absolutely nothing to do with her”. The process goes on.
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