Romford murderer Trevor Baker pictured for first time

Carolyn Kemp was 34 when she was attacked by Trevor Baker in Walmer Close, Romford, in November 2009. 

She had left Baker six months before but enraged and unable to accept that the relationship was over, he launched a ferocious attack.

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Carolyn was left with a permanent brain injury and died from aspiration pneumonia in September 2022, 13 years later. 

A post-mortem at Queens Hospital found that if Carolyn had not suffered the traumatic brain injuries in 2009, she would have survived the aspiration pneumonia.

Carolyn Kemp (Image: Met Police)In 2010 Baker pleaded guilty to attempted murder and was handed an indeterminate sentence with a minimum term of eight years. 

In December 2023 he was charged with Carolyn’s murder and on Friday (March 22) he appeared at the Old Bailey by video link from Warren Hill prison in Suffolk. 

The 53-year-old pleaded guilty to murder and Judge Sarah Munro KC warned he faced a mandatory life sentence with a minimum term to be fixed at a hearing on May 16. 

Trevor Baker (Image: DOPE LIVE)

Detective Chief Inspector Kelly Allen of the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime Command said: “Carolyn suffered extreme violence at the hands of Trevor Baker - violence that ultimately resulted in her death following more than a decade of suffering. 

“It is right that he be held accountable for the devastation his actions caused, not only to Carolyn, but to her family and friends who loved her. 

“I am pleased that due to the guilty plea, Carolyn’s loved ones will now be spared the further distress of going through a trial and reliving the details of what was an horrific attack. My thoughts are with them.“ 

Members of Carolyn’s family wiped away tears before Baker was further remanded into custody. 

He will be sentenced in May.