‘They undressed frail pensioner together – and murdered her’

A couple accused of murdering a pensioner and leaving body to rot worked in tandem despite each of them blaming each other, a court heard. Chelsea Grant, 28 and Xyaire Howard, 23, are alleged to have killed former bank worker Susan Hawkey, 71, before leaving her body under duvets and amongst piles of rubbish. Her body was found decomposing in her flat in Aylesbury Road, Neasden, northwest London on 26 September 2022. She had been blindfolded, with her arms tied…