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Home » Woman who boasted it was ‘good’ she murdered mum at kids’ party learns fate
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Woman who boasted it was ‘good’ she murdered mum at kids’ party learns fate

By staff9 July 2025No Comments3 Mins Read

Hope Rowe, 33, hid her knife in her handbag before brutally attacking mum Charlotte Lawlor in front of terrified guests following an argument in September last year

Hope Rowe
Hope Rowe has today been jailed for life for murder(Image: PA)

A woman who stabbed a ‘devoted’ mother to death after a row at a child’s birthday party has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years.

Hope Rowe, 33, of Aldgate, London, has been convicted of murdering Charlotte Lawlor, 31, with a knife at a property in Stepney Green, east London, in the early hours of September 15 last year. Rowe drove away from the scene with her partner, Leigh Holder, who accidentally left a voicemail on her phone, where she could be heard saying it was “good” that she had killed Ms Lawlor, the Met Police said.

Holder, 38, who told her to get rid of the weapon and avoid the police, was jailed for 16 months for perverting the course of justice. Rowe claimed in court that her actions were due to a momentary loss of control. They were both sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Wednesday.

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Charlotte Lawlor was butchered in front of young children (Image: PA)

Detective Sergeant Dean Musgrove said: “Our thoughts are with the friends and family of Ms Lawlor, many of whom personally witnessed the murder. We hope that this sentence gives them some closure. Rowe and her partner behaved despicably. This sentence shows that killers will be pursued even in cases where they attempt to mislead investigators.”

A Met Police statement detailed the case, and the day Miss Lawlor was stabbed. It read: “Just after 01:00hrs on Sunday, 15 September, Met officers attended a property in Duckett Street, Stepney Green, following reports of a serious assault. Charlotte Lawlor – who had been attending a birthday party at the property the previous evening – had been stabbed, and was being assisted by friends and family.

Leigh Holder
Leigh Holder told the killer to ‘get rid of the weapon’ (Image: PA)

“After administering first aid, police were joined by a London Ambulance Service crew, but, despite the efforts of paramedics, Ms Lawlor was pronounced dead within an hour. Having spoken to witnesses at the property, officers established that Ms Lawlor had been stabbed by Hope Rowe following an argument at the party, who then drove away from the scene with her partner, Leigh Holder.

“Around 02:10hrs, Holder’s vehicle was stopped by armed police in Tower Hamlets. He told them that Rowe had jumped out of the vehicle shortly after leaving the crime scene, and claimed he had no knowledge of her location. Holder was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

“At 07:00hrs, Rowe attended Bethnal Green Police Station, where she was arrested on suspicion of murder. At interview, she provided no comment – and she later claimed in court that her actions were due to a momentary loss of control. Rowe’s phone was seized and analysed by forensic experts.

“A voicemail – accidentally left by Holder on Rowe’s phone while he was sitting next to her and driving away from the scene – was recovered. In the recorded conversation, Rowe told Holder that it was “good” she had killed Ms Lawlor, while Holder instructed his partner to dispose of the knife and to avoid the police. In addition to witness evidence from those present at the scene of the murder, the voicemail proved vital in implicating both Rowe and Holder in their crimes.”

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