Carer hit, smothered woman, 90, after stealing from her, court hears

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2024-10-11

London (PA Media/dpa) - A carer struck a 90-year-old woman over the head with a metal flask and smothered her to death with a pillow days after she was caught on camera stealing from her, a court in the UK has heard. Jayne Hill, 52, waited outside the home of Myra Thompson late on the evening of April 22 until the bedroom lights were turned off and then entered with the aim of "removing her" as a witness to the theft. A month earlier, a covert ca......

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