A CLAPHAM WOMAN WHO WAS CONVINCED HER NEIGHBOUR WA
A CLAPHAM WOMAN WHO WAS CONVINCED HER NEIGHBOUR WAS A WITCH SET
OUT TO DESTROY HER BY FIRE.
THE OLD BAILEY HEARD ON FRIDAY THAT 44-YEAR-OLD MARJORIE
BROOKS WHO LIVED IN A GROUND FLOOR FLAT IN SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, SET
ALIGHT FURNITURE IN HER OWN FLAT TO BURN OUT THE WOMAN WHO LIVED IN
THE FLAT ABOVE HER.
SHE ALSO PUT A BOTTLE CONTAINING METHYLATED SPIRITS ON THE
LANDING OUTSIDE THE WOMAN’S DOOR AND SET IT ALIGHT, THE COURT WAS
TOLD.
MR.
JUSTICE ALLIOT RULED THAT MS.
BROOKS ATTENDED ST.
GEORGE’S
HOSPITAL IN TOOTING FOR PSYCHIATRIC HELP.
MS.
BROOKS HAD PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF ARSON.
THE FIRE ON JULY 16, THIS YEAR ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED MS.
BROOKS’ FLAT, WHICH SHE SHARED WITH HER 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
THE COURT HEARD THAT MS.
BROOKS HAD BEEN CONVINCED THE WOMAN
UPSTAIRS WAS ‘PRACTISING BLACK MAGIC.
‘
MS.
BROOKS, WHO IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE SCENE OF THE FIRE, RETURNED
10 MINUTES LATER AND ADMITTED SHE HAD STARTED THE BLAZE.
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