Woman guilty of Letchworth casserole dish murder Published duration 19 December 2016

image copyright Family photo image caption Nikki Collingbourne was attacked with a ceramic kitchen pot

A woman who killed her half-sister with a chicken-shaped casserole dish while disguised in a goatee beard and wig has been found guilty of murder.

Nikki Collingbourne, 26, was found dead in her underwear at her flat in Hertfordshire in May.

Yvonne Caylor, 53, spent three hours making the attack look like suicide and cleaning up the flat, Luton Crown Court heard.

Charges were brought after blood was found on pieces of the broken pot.

image copyright South Beds News Agency image caption Yvonne Caylor forced her way into her half-sister's flat in Ivel Court

CCTV showed Caylor walking into the building at Ivel Court, Letchworth, and knocking on her sibling's door disguised in a workman's jacket.

It is believed Ms Collingbourne recognised her sister beneath the disguise and tried to shut the door, but the defendant forced her way in and carried out the attack.

Prosecutor John Price said the body was discovered in a pool of blood with deep incised wounds to the wrists, which were not self-inflicted.

A knife was also found in a bottle of bleach.

image copyright South Beds News Agency image caption Caylor was originally charged with burgling her sister's flat

The jury heard that the motive for the murder was sparked by Ms Collingbourne's decision to evict Caylor from her flat in October 2015.

Former welder Caylor told police she had been assaulted but was later charged with burgling her sister's flat and perverting the course of justice.

The trial was due to start some time in the eight weeks after 23 May, the day of the murder.

Caylor, of Grove Road, Hitchin, will be sentenced this week.