Evil sister jailed for 23 years for brutal murder
tHE sister of a disabled woman has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years after being convicted of her murder. Lynnette greenop left sharon greenop to suffer an agonising death at their home in troon. the 46- year- old had multiple rib and neck fractures after a campaign of neglect and abuse. Her decomposing body lay in the house for weeks as Lynnette carried on “business as usual”. this included Lynette taking sharon’s benefit money. she even went to a music gig with niece shayla greenop, 20. sharon’s corpse was only found in november 2016 when a next door neighbour reported a foul stench in his home. But, when police turned up, they were told sharon was “sleeping”. a jury heard how Lynnette, 40, went on to confess to a former neighbour: “aye, i did it.” Lynnette had denied murder during a trial at the High Court in glasgow. she effectively blamed shayla – who had also been accused of the killing. Lynnette was found guilty, while the jury found shayla not proven of murder. the mum initially lived at the house in troon with shayla, while carers gave daily help to sharon. it was claimed the aunt and niece would “side together” against sharon. Lynnette and shayla were said to tuck into Chinese takeaways, while sharon sat with no food. Lynnette was described in court as an“aggressive, overbearing, confrontational, troublesome individual”. sharon was finally left in the hands of her sister and daughter after the official carers were stopped. prosecutors stated sharon was assaulted on various occasions between september 8 and november 10, 2016. it is thought she was bludgeoned by “objects”, choked and also had injuries inflicted “by means unknown”. the jury heard she was then left to die in “extreme pain” as no medical help was sought. a pathologist said sharon may have lain dead for several weeks – possibly from about mid- October. Lynette bought fly spray to try to hide the smell of sharon’s body. Lynnette showed no emotion as she was found guilty. Judge Lady Carmichael told her: “sharon greenop died after what must have been weeks of pain and fear.”