'Devious' Christian becomes first woman to be jailed live on TV for beheading friend

‘Devious’ Christian becomes first woman to be jailed live on TV for beheading her friend and stuffing the body into a suitcase.

Jemma Mitchell was told she will serve at least 34 years in jail for killing 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong at her London home in June last year.

Two weeks after the murder, she drove more than 200 miles to the seaside town of Salcombe in Devon where she left devout Christian Ms Chong’s decapitated and badly decomposed body in woods.

The prosecution claimed 38-year-old Mitchell hatched a plan to murder the vulnerable widow after befriending her through a church group.

Jemma Mitchell carried out the “truly despicable crime” against Mee Kuen Chong after the vulnerable 67-year-old backed out of giving her £200,000 to repair her dilapidated home.

The alternative therapist and self-styled healer, 38, hoped to inherit the bulk of her victim’s £700,000 estate by faking her will.

Prosecutors allege that Mitchell hit Ms Chong, who was known as Deborah, over the head with a weapon at her home in London last year.

Two weeks later, she drove to the seaside town of Salcombe in Devon where she left Ms Chong’s decapitated and badly decomposed body in woods.

Mitchell was caught on CCTV dragging Ms Chong’s body inside a suitcase which was later found on the roof of a neighbour’s shed with a tea towel bearing Ms Chong’s blood in the front pocket.

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