A WOMAN is to stand trial accused of burglary at the home of a vulnerable man from where she is alleged to have stolen cash and bank cards, last month.

Appearing at Durham Crown Court, via video link from Low Newton Women’s Prison, on the outskirts of the city, Louise Stabler denied charges of burglary and theft.

She is said to have been a trespasser at the property, in Tenth Street, Blackhall, from where she took cash and cards, worth £100, on May 5.

On the same day she is also accused of stealing £770 from the same complainant by taking him to cash machines to make withdrawals from his account.

The 33-year-old defendant, of no fixed address, but formerly of Thornley, County Durham, is to face trial on those two counts at the court on September 7, in a case given a two-day time estimate.

She will remain in custody pending that hearing.

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At the conclusion of her trial, co-accused Jonathan Foster will be sentenced after admitting theft and two counts of fraud from the same complainant.

The 48-year-old defendant, of South Terrace, Ferryhill, admitted stealing bank cards and cash, to the value of £100, on May 5.

Both fraud charges relate to use of the man’s debit card to make contactless purchases to buy goods for himself to the value of £29.30 and £21.04, both also on May 5.

Foster, who appeared at the plea hearing via video link from nearby HMP Durham, was remanded to remain in custody until the conclusion of his co-accused’s trial, when he will be sentenced.

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