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Name:

Jennifer Shelton

AKA:

 

D.O.B.

1952
Kill Total: 1

Kill date:

18 June 2008

Kill Place:

Sunderland

Status:

Married

Occupation:

 

Victim:

Bertha Martin
D.O.B.  

 


 

Court:

Newcastle Crown Court

Judge:

 

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FACTFILE

 

18th June 2008, Jennifer Shelton hit her 84 year old mother, Bertha Martin, over 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 be allowed to care for vulnerable people again.
 

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