CHRISTIANNEWS.COM. A 38-year-old woman has been convicted of the beheading of a 67-year-old friend she had met in a church group, becoming the first woman to be sentenced to life in prison live on television in England.
Jemma Mitchell, a former osteopath, assaulted Mee Keun Chong last June with a blunt object at the woman’s north-west London home before tearing off the victim’s head. Chong was last seen alive in June 2021.
Mitchell was found guilty during a hearing Thursday and sentenced Friday to life in prison with a minimum of 34 years before being eligible for parole.
The court was told how Mitchell met Chong, also known as Deborah, through a church group and they were on friendly terms. Mitchell also served as Chong’s spiritual healer.
According to the Metropolitan Police, Mitchell and his mother were renovating their home, but needed funds to finish the job.
Chong initially agreed to help finance the project, but changed his mind days before he disappeared. The decision reportedly led to the friends falling out.
In two suitcases he carried the body
On the morning of June 11, 2021, investigators say Mitchell went to Chong’s Wembley home, where Mitchell was believed to have committed the murder. Mitchell was seen on surveillance footage leaving with two large rolling suitcases that appeared to be heavy.
Authorities say he took a taxi back to his home and likely kept the body on the property for around two weeks before driving to the Devon seaside town of Salcombe more than 200 miles away on June 26 to dump the remains. of Chong.
Police say Chong made a false report via email to a missing persons charity and claimed Chong went to spend time with his family for a year “somewhere near the ocean.”
Chong’s body was discovered on June 27, without the head. Due to decomposition, authorities say the body was not identifiable for several days. Examiners ruled out the possibility that animal activity removed Chong’s head. Police say Mitchell, with an osteopathic degree and experience in human dissection, likely removed Chong’s head, Christian Today reported.
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