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JENNIFER SHELTON

Kill Total:

1

Kill place:

Sunderland

Kill date:

18 June 2008

Victim(s):

Bertha Martin

Date of Birth:

1952

Marital Status:


AKA:


Occupation:

Nurse



18th June 2008, Jennifer Shelton hit her 84 year old mother, Bertha Martin, obver the head with an ornament.

Ms. Martin who had  Leukaemia, died a week later in hospital.



Monday 2nd february 2009  Shelton was cleared of murder on Monday on the direction of the judge at Newcastle Crown Court, but found guilty of manslaughter.
Shelton was jailed for four years, and the judge made a recommendation that she never bw allowed to care for vunerable people again.

 

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