despite reluctance from the taxi operator, she agrees to wait. just after four in the afternoon, jemma mitchell arrives home. mitchell has been dropped off by the cab, not to her home address but next door, 11 brondesbury park, and we can see her now taking that blue suitcase which contains deborah chong s body into the hoarding, the front hoarding of 9 brondesbury park.
impact statement read to the court from members of herfamily, who are not, unnaturally, in a state of shock and devastation as to the circumstances in which she met her death. the court heard a statement from deborah s sister, amy. in it, it said: the enormity of your crime is profoundly shocking. even more so, given your apparent religious devotion, as well as the fact that deborah chong was a good friend to you and had shown
of deborah chong, seen walking close to her home just days before her death. the 67 year old was born in malaysia. she lived here in wembley, in north west london. a devout christian who befriended the homeless and opened her door to those in need. deborah chong, from all we have known about her, was someone who cared for others. that theme came through. she was open, welcoming, wanting to help the homeless, people stayed at her address without paying rent. she wanted to do good. these are the last known images of ms chong, captured here on cctv, walking with one of her lodgers two days before her death.
jemma mitchell was seen leaving her home at 6:23 in the morning with a large suitcase. she has the blue suitcase with her, and you can see it is quite light, she is able to lift it off the ground. this is the suitcase that ultimately deborah chong s body would end up within and be transported to salcombe, devon. just before 8am jemma mitchell is seen approaching deborah chong s house. five hours later she is caught on camera again further up the road. exactly what happened during that time remains a mystery to police. several hours afterjemma mitchell arrived at deborah chong s address, jemma mitchell has two suitcases, one is the blue suitcase she left her address with, this suitcase is now decidedly bulkier. we say that the body
this suitcase is now decidedly bulkier. we say that the body of deborah chong is within it. jemma also has a separate suitcase which has all of deborah s personal belongings within that. to get back home, jemma mitchell calls for a cab. she gives them a false name and a different destination address not hers, but her neighbour s. as she tries to leave, she is left waiting.