Carer admits to murdering 90-year-old woman in Merseyside

A carer has admitted to the murder of a 90-year-old woman.

Myra Thompson was found dead in her home in Spital, Wirral, Merseyside, on 23 April.

Jayne Hill, 51, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via videolink from HMP Styal on Thursday, charged with the murder of Myra Thompson.

An earlier court hearing was told Hill was one of the 90-year-old’s carers.

The defendant, wearing a yellow knitted jumper, pleaded guilty to murder and to the theft of £60 cash from Ms Thompson on 12 April.

Judge Denis Watson KC said: “The pleas you have entered this morning mean there is only one sentence in law that can be passed, which will be a sentence of imprisonment for life, but it will be for the judge to determine the minimum term which applies to that sentence.

“Before that can be done there is still quite a lot of clarification that is required.”

Hill, of Norwich Drive, Upton, was remanded in custody to appear for a further hearing at Liverpool Crown Court on September 20.

Nick Johnson KC, prosecuting, said she was also due to appear in magistrates’ court after being charged with additional offences following the discovery of jewellery and items believed to belong to other patients.