A woman accused of murdering her mother told police she had killed her during a welfare check, a court has heard. Lucy Fox, 39, is deemed unfit to stand trial and is subject to a trial-of-facts hearing at Stafford Crown Court.
Judith Fox, 65, a retired nurse, was last seen at her home in Shifnal, Shropshire, in June 2020. Her remains were discovered a month later in Coalport, Ironbridge. Police body-worn camera footage showed Ms Fox telling officers: “She’s dead, she had an accident, she died,” before adding: “She’s part of the Telford paedophile ring so I killed her.”
The court heard that earlier on 14 June, a fire broke out at the home of Ms Fox’s brother, Nick, in Apley Park near Bridgnorth. CCTV captured a dark car resembling Mrs Fox’s black Ford Focus travelling to the scene, with a person carrying a bag across a grassed area. Analysis of Ms Fox’s phone revealed she had ordered hunting knives online two months before the death, delivered to her mother’s address.
Jurors previously heard that tension had arisen over Mrs Fox’s decision to sell her home on Haughton Drive, where she had lived for 30 years. The trial continues.
