Nelly Myers was found dead at her home in Rotherfield on December 18 last year. Police cordoned off Court Meadow Close as a murder inquiry was launched. Now, after a trial at Hove Crown Court, 36-year-old Gatwick airport baggage handler Jayesh Gobar has been found guilty of her murder.
Jayesh Gobar has been jailed for life for the Rotherfield murder of Nelly Myers But the court also heard details about Nelly’s life, and how she had lived at the heart of the village for 29 years. In a tribute to her, her family said she had “incomparable generosity” and a “zest for life”.
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A year earlier he had throttled her in her home and robbed her for money. Gobar was jailed and put under a restraining order not to contact her. But the court heard how their dalliance carried on after he was released from prison. That was until last December, when Ms Myers went to pick him up from work and took him to her home in Rotherfield where she had lived for 29 years.
The scene in Court Meadow Close, Rotherfield Witnesses heard sounds of a disturbance inside the property. Gobar was seen on CCTV fleeing the area and trying to get back to his Crawley home.
At Hove Crown Court the 36-year-old was jailed for life for Nelly’s murder. The court heard how the two had a “turbulent” and “passionate” dalliance with him visiting her at her home in Court Meadow Close.
Jayesh Gobar has been jailed for life over the Rotherfield murder of Nelly Myers But Nelly’s eldest son James Myers, 30, said Gobar became “darker and darker” as he undermined her confidence. Gobar was previously jailed for robbing her, where he had throttled her and dragged her by the hair as he demanded cash for his drug use. Then just weeks after his release from post-prison sentence curfew, Gobar went and killed Nelly.