Murder accused was 'muppet that knocked the door'

A WOMAN accused of murdering a mother who was killed after being shot in the heart at pointblank range claims she was threatened with a gun to knock on the door answered by the victim.

- PHILIP DEWEY

She later told a police officer: “I am the muppet that knocked the f****** door”

Joanne Penney, 40, was shot in the chest at close range when she opened the front door of a house in Llys Illtyd in Talbot Green on March 9 this year. The 40-year-old died moments later.

The prosecution say the killing was part of a “clash” between rival criminal gangs involved in a turf war over drugs.

Marcus Huntley, 21, of Orchard Park, St Mellons, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to murdering Miss Penney the day after a trial began.

Jordan Mills-Smith, 33, of Bryn Celyn, Pentwyn, Cardiff; Joshua Gordon, 27, of London Road, Oadby, Leicestershire; Kristina Ginova, 21, of London Road, Oadby, Leicestershire; Melissa Quailey-Dashper, 40, of Cordelia Close, Leicester; and Tony Porter, 68, of Burdet Close, Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, all deny murder.