An alternative therapist has been found guilty of murdering her devout Christian friend, cutting her head off and dumping her body 200 miles away in a bid to inherit her wealth.
Jemma Mitchell hit 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong over the head with a weapon at her London home and left her decapitated and badly decomposed remains in woods in Salcombe, Devon, two weeks later, a court heard.
Prosecutors said Mitchell plotted to murder the vulnerable divorcee and fake her will to inherit the bulk of her £700,000 estate.
The 38-year-old allegedly hatched the plan after Ms Chong, known as Deborah, backed out of giving her £200,000 to fix her run-down £4million family home.
The trained osteopath, who boasted online of award-winning skill in human dissection, had denied having anything to do with her friend’s death but declined to give evidence at trial.