A woman who stabbed a Horley man, leaving him for dead has been sentenced to 16 and a half years behind bars.

56-year-old Jennifer Lloyd pleaded guilty to the murder of 62-year-old Nigel Chapman at his home address in Upfield Close.

The court heard she stabbed him twice in the heart claiming that she had acted in self-defence after she had gone round to visit him. Lloyd said when she tried to leave, he blocked her way and made her feel scared.

She then tried to cover her tracks by mopping the kitchen and bathroom floor with bleach before leaving him in his house.
Mr Chapman’s body was found just before 8am the next morning by his carer.

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