Woman accused of pensioner murder is due to give birth next week

A couple accused of tying up and murdering a pensioner for her PIN number before going on a £14,000 spending spree with her bank cards have appeared in court. 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. Detectives found brown parcel tape on her face and around her wrists, with her hands together behind her back with black shoelaces, the Old…