April trial for woman accused of murdering sister

A woman accused of stabbing her film director sister to death and taking her diamond encrusted Rolex watch will stand trial next month. Nancy Pexton, 69, slashed and stabbed Jennifer Abbott, also 69, in the neck on 10 June last year, it is said. She locked the victim’s Corgi dog in the bathroom and it survived there without food for three days, the court heard. Ms Abbott, a film director and author also known as Sarah Steinberg, was found dead…