A 69-year-old-woman has been charged with murdering another woman who was found fatally stabbed in her home in Camden, north London.

Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg, was found by her niece and neighbours at her home in Mornington Place on 13 June. The neighbour said she had been left with tape across her mouth.

Nancy Pexton, of Gloucester Place, Westminster has been charged with murder and is due to appear later at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court, the Metropolitan Police said.

Detectives previously said the 69-year-old's death may have been linked to a diamond-encrusted Rolex watch that they believed was missing from the victim's address.

Ms Abbott was a popular member of the community, according to the Met.

She was often seen walking her corgi dog in the Camden area where she was last spotted on 10 June, three days before her body was found.

One of her neighbours, who did not want to be named, said Ms Abbott was "mysterious, and very smart and intelligent".

"We would chat in the street most of the time. I used to walk around the block with her with her dog," she said.

"She had done a lot of things in her life. She was a doctor but she was also an actor and director in America. She'd directed a movie and I looked at it on YouTube and saw her interviewed in Los Angeles.

"She was a character, she was lovely," she said.