Couple ‘robbed and murdered pensioner’ whose body was not discovered for weeks

A couple murdered a pensioner and went on a £14,000 spending spree with her bank cards, a court heard. Susan Hawkey, 70, was found ‘heavily decomposed’ under a duvet in her flat in Neasden, northwest London, on 26 September after police forced entry. Detectives found brown parcel tape on her face and around her wrists, with her hands together behind her back, the Old Bailey heard. Ms Hawkey is thought to have died between 2 and 7 September. Chelsea Grant,…