Chelsea Grant, 28, admits being a petty thief but denies murdering 71-year-old Susan Hawkey, who was found strangled in her flat in Neasden, Northwest London, in September last year.
Susan Hawkey, 71 (left) was found tied up under a duvet in her flat in Neasden. Chelsea Grant, 28 and Xvaire Howard, 23 (right) both deny murder charges, but admit to fraud by using her bank cards.
A couple tied up, stripped and strangled a pensioner before looting £13,000 from her bank account and going on a "massive spending spree", a court has heard.
Susan Hawkey, 71, who was described as highly vulnerable , was allegedly murdered in her home in Neasden, northwest London, by Xyaire Howard, 23, and Chelsea Grant, 28, last September.