Couple deny murdering pensioner but admit fraud on her bank cards

A couple accused of tying up and murdering a frail pensioner in her home carried out 143 transactions with her bank cards, a court heard today (fri). Susan Hawkey, 71, was found ‘heavily decomposed’ and ‘mummified’ in the foetal position under a duvet in her flat in Neasden, northwest London, on 26 September 2022. Chelsea Grant, 27, and her boyfriend Xyaire Howard, 23, are accused of murdering Ms Hawkey after robbing her on the street and at her home three…